Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Penguin Random House with 3 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 58.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Penguin Random House overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Penguin Random House as a Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 29%
Phone interview: 29%
Personality test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Penguin Random House in Jul 2016
Interview
asked a friend to pass my cv. Was contacted by the recruiter. had 2 rounds of technical interviews, and one interview with the team lead. the technical interviews where not difficult
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
asked to implement a "snake" game- an OOP question with some coding.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Penguin Random House (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2024
Interview
It was straight forward. behavioral, questions, case study. Im not in the business of telling secrets. After you went through it all, they either give you an offer or they dont. just dont be stupid and youll get an offer.