I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Neustar (London, England) in Dec 2011
Interview
Pretty simple, over Skype.
- Background description
- Current job
- Extra-job stuff (my Open Source projects)
- Coding app in less 24h for review
- Some extra engineering interviews
- Offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did I implement functionality X in software Y?
fairly straightforward. asked questions regarding previous experience as related to future company aspirations, goals and priorities. company in transition and acquisition to trans union. either way, all good. moving from smaller company to larger
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
career aspirations and contributions to long term strategy
I applied online. I interviewed at Neustar (New York, NY)
Interview
There were 4 rounds.
1. Online coding test
2. Virtual technical round. Questions on java, data structure and resume based.
3. Managerial round: question on sql, java and behavioural.
4. HR round: behaviour and salary negotiations.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
2.1 Get the distinct number of rows in two dimensional binary array?
Given a large (billion/trillion) amount of prefix of number and amount to be charged. Give the amount can be charged for the number
If two or more prefix matches use the larges one.
For Example:
INPUT:
Data: ( these are huge amount of data consider space and time complexity)
93423 : 10
93523 : 12
934 : 32
9342 : 14
9523 : 21
Number : 9342312341
Output : 10
Starts with coding round which is hackerrank test for 3 hours which had multiple choice n 2 programs to be written. Questions based on java, sql, spring framework and other related questions
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Neustar with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 47 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Neustar overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Neustar as a Senior Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
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