I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at IXL Learning (San Mateo, CA) in Nov 2016
Interview
I was recruited at a job fair, where I gave them my resume. I was asked for a cover letter a couple weeks later, followed by a phone interview with a member of the team I would be working with. The phone interview featured a riddle, as is typical of a tech job. This was followed by a writing assignment (on which is crucial that you do well), and then an on-site interview. The on-site interview involved meetings with several members of the team, exercises in curriculum design (brainstorming, problem/text editing), and a logic puzzle. It lasted about 6 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you think your teaching, research, and other experience (at the college level) have prepared you to do the work of a curriculum designer?
Pretty straightforward. The recruiter will call you and ask some pre-screening question then you will be asked to complete a task within a week. The task consists of grammatical correction, alignment and information clarity.
Had a phone screening which went well, followed by a work product. The instructions on the work product were overall very vague, and took a lot of guessing/assuming what they were looking for. It took me about 5 hours total, and I received a rejection email stating that no feedback would be given and with no further explanation.
The interview consisted of a recruiter call. Then a 2nd call. Then a remote meeting via zoom where I was drilled with questions that didn't seem to math the role I applied for. Zero emotions shown. No smiles.
Curriculum Designer applicants have rated the interview process at IXL Learning with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 26% positive. To compare, the company-average is 31.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Curriculum Designer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 54 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IXL Learning overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IXL Learning as a Curriculum Designer according to 54 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 54%
One on one interview: 14%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 7%
Other: 7%
Personality test: 3%
Drug test: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
Background check: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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