First round was simple cultural with a few technical questions
Second round was a take-home coding challenge
The interviewer was one of the software managers. He seemed rather uptight and snobby. Not very friendly. Culture seems a little off if management takes after this fella.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Imply
Interview
The entire process was very smooth.
The recruiter reached out to me and we discussed the details of the role, company and my experience over a call. This was followed by an hour long call with the hiring manager and then a virtual onsite interview. The virtual on-site had 5 rounds- 2 coding, 2 system design and 1 behavioral/resume followed by a close out call with the recruiter.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were based on real-life, practical applications
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Imply (Burlingame, CA) in Sep 2021
Interview
Recruiter reached out. It was followed by an initial phone screen followed by a virtual onsite interview. The phone screen was mostly going over resume and earlier work experience followed by a small coding exercise. The onsite had 5 rounds, 2 coding + 2 system design + 1 host manager followed by a chat with the recruiter. The onsite was followed by a discussion with the VP and now I work here :)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard coding questions focussing on data structures and concurrency. System design questions were focussed on general big data questions and some specific use cases
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Imply with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Imply overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Imply as a Software Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
One on one interview: 29%
Drug test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
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