Very quick process. Applied through a recruiter and got called back for a single interview (a few hours with hiring manager who was filling multiple roles on different teams at the time). The technicals questions were straight forward and highly interview in general was highly conversational.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at HBO Max (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2022
Interview
Went pretty good. 3 4 rounds. 2 coding rounds. Asked questions relevant to things being worked on currently at the company. HR rounds was good. They gave me an offer but at entry level, so I chose another better offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Arrange thumbnail tiles such that none are repeated in a row, order is scrambled. What metadata about a media file needs to be stored?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HBO Max in Aug 2021
Interview
Phone screen with a recruiter -> technical interview (virtual) -> final 4-round technical interview loop (virtual)
Interviewers were nice and helpful; more focused on how you think through a problem rather than the solution
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at HBO Max with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HBO Max overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HBO Max as a Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Presentation: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 10%
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