I think that companies need to choose between take home assignments and full loops. You can't do both. Each builds up a lot of anxiety. Take homes take time and energy and interviews do too. Glowforge chose to have both.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a question about system design related to scanning codes and security. It was fine.
I applied online. I interviewed at Glowforge in Dec 2020
Interview
The interview process was smooth and nice. The people I met are responsive and helpful. The initial phone interview is general bq, and the technical round focuses on domain-specific knowledge, hands-on experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
answer questions in a design document about an app, and implement a few aspects.
Front End Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Glowforge with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 29.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Glowforge as a Front End Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Other: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
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