I applied online. I interviewed at Kickdrum (Bengaluru) in Aug 2017
Interview
The interview process was good. The atmosphere within the ranks of the company is friendly and cool. The leaders in the India team makes you feel comfortable with the breakfast while giving a brief introduction about the company and its objectives and principles. Lunch was also on the house.
After wrapping this, the formal interviewing process starts which kicks off with a coding challenge over HackerRank to be solved within 105 mins. Candidates clearing this round then go ahead with the Face-to-Face interviews which is generally 3 more rounds.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
A basic problem on sorting with some minor constraints to be implemented over HackerRank.
The F2F interviews focussed on knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms and also tested the various concepts of database management systems like Indexing, etc.
Hi,
We believe in following casual and friendly atmosphere at the workplace, which increases productivity and easiness of executing our day to day work.
Glad you liked the interactions with our leadership team.
Thanks,
Kickdrum Team
Other Senior Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Kickdrum
It was good experience where interviewer kept helping me by passing small small hints and helped collaboratively to find efficient solution. Interviewer was very professional and provided me with sufficient time for the problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about system design for collaborative type text editor such as google docs
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Kickdrum (New Delhi) in Dec 2018
Interview
15 min presentation about the company, work culture and expectations.
1st round - Hackerrank test for 90 mins. 1 array based question and 1 sql query to write. Level - intermediate
2nd round - System design based round. An example scenario will be given and you need find faulty components and suggest solutions. Really liked this approach of targeting system design.
Too much weight on SQL.
Could not clear 2nd round.
Suggestion: Knowledge of SQL should not be mandatory.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find number of maximum events someone can attend. If end time of one event coincides with start time of another event, both events should not be considered.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Kickdrum in Nov 2018
Interview
Initially, there was a presentation about the company and the work culture, followed by questions and answers.
This was followed by online test (through HackerRank) which had a coding problem and a SQL problem. This round was for 90 minutes.
After this, next round was meeting with developers. This round involved discussing a system design and improving the same. This required good knowledge of SQL, data structures and algorithms. Unfortunately, could not get through this round.
Overall the experience was good. The interviewers and HR made the process comfortable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How a SQL query can be tuned for better performance? (Not exactly this, but on similar lines)