Rotating interview with various team members. All revolve around a single project, which you begin working on prior to the interview, and extend on the day of the interview. All-day interview, including lunch with future co-workers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked to add specific features to the project. Asked general system design questions.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Glowforge (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2023
Interview
I did a full interview loop and then got ghosted. Hands down the most unprofessional company I've ever interviewed with. The interview loop itself was pretty well done. It was a good mix of coding, design and behavioral questions. There is a lot of talking and not much coding which good. They actually figure out how your brain works rather than how many hours you've spent on leetcode.
I applied online. I interviewed at Glowforge (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2020
Interview
I got a email from the recruiter saying he is interested and want me to provide him my available time slot for the first phone interview. And he arranged first interview on a day weeks later.
Then the whole interview experiences is not professional. She just ask a couple of basic questions without introducing Glowforge in much detail. I already had the feeling that she is not interested in my for this position during the phone call. And she says there will be a technical interview for next few days but send me a rejections letter.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Glowforge with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 29.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 65 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Glowforge overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Glowforge as a Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 27%
Group panel interview: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Skills test: 9%
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