I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Kickdrum (Bengaluru) in Aug 2018
Interview
Process was well organised and discussed in beginning only. Proper presentation was given about company profile, expectations and offer. Interview panel is well aware about the Questions and what they were expecting from interviewee . Process comprised of three round Hacker earth test,Designing round, Critical thinking and problem solving round.
Though the whole process is some what slow but its expect-able since you can't expect huge panels available for small center of company. Company profile looks very strong by there presentation and profiles of Founders. It's seems a good options for considering for next destination.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 Online Coading test
2 Designing and discussion round
3 problem solving round
4 Discussion with Founders if you clears above rounds.
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)