I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Mixmax (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2018
Interview
First I had a quick phone call with the CTO about my background and the role. After that I was invited over for a lunch on their office. During the lunch I got to meet some of the engineers and their head of product. After the lunch I had a technical interview with one of the engineers. After that I was invited over for a full day onsite where I was asked to prepare a slide deck of my self and I had a technical interview the CTO. After the interviews I was invited over for a happy hour!
The atmosphere was warm and welcoming. They did not just test my engineering skills but also put an effort to get to know me as a person.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had two technical assignments, first was more of general algorithmic knowledge and the second more practical assignment.
Very thorough, quick scheduling. Fresh process. They give a lot of feedback but it’s very general. I got a feeling that in some stages they just didn’t vibe with me and came up with other feedback just to support the decision. The team is very friendly.
I applied through their website, spoke with HR, and completed a case study. I anticipated the next feature they’d ask me to implement during the live coding session and had already built it, based on patterns I spotted in the case study. Ironically, that led to a rejection.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Mixmax
Interview
It was a technical interview with one of the engineers on the team, where there were two main parts - one where I had to describe how I would design building an email inbox, and another for coding the search/filtering functionality. I didn't make it to the next round for consideration but really appreciated the interview opportunity and have stayed on their company newsletter email list ever since (despite not using the extension anymore)
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Mixmax with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 31.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mixmax overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mixmax as a Software Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
Presentation: 20%
One on one interview: 10%
Skills test: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
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