I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at People Inc. in Oct 2024
Interview
They have a pretty standard interview process. I found it more friendly than the normal gauntlet of software dev interviews.
- hiring manger chat
- tech screen
- systems design round
- product, director one-on-ones
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A graph-related question with extra follow up questions.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at People Inc. (Leptondale, NY) in Nov 2023
Interview
Pretty standard interview pattern: HR phone screen, manager behavioral a week later. Another week later a technical interview with two engineers then a week later a final interview loop consisting of three interviews: PM, engineering with tech lead, and behavioral with dept head.
Was told I wouldn’t be moving on and was given absolutely no indication why after WEEKS of interviews. Kind of disrespectful and a waste of time.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Build and style a mailing list signup form using a JavaScript templating engine.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at People Inc. (New York, NY) in Jun 2023
Interview
Interview Process at Dotdash Merritt's (DDM): 1. Phone call with DDM recruiter (Approximately 30 minutes) - Conducted by the DDM recruiter - Basic resume overview to assess your suitability for the role - Compensation/Benefits Convo 2. Video call with the hiring manager + technical interview (Approximately 45 minutes) - Conducted by the hiring manager - Includes: - Cultural/behavioral questions - Technical questions focused on Frontend development 3. Video Technical interview with two senior engineers (Approximately 75 minutes) - Conducted by two senior engineers - Three-part technical interview conducted using CodePen - First part: Manipulating existing HTML, CSS, and JS to display static data on the page using the Swig templating language - Second and third parts: Short JavaScript exercises, such as creating a function to accomplish specific tasks (basic JS knowledge required) - Ability to use Google for reference during the interview 4. Video Final Interview with Director of Product & Engineering (Approximately 1-2 hours) - Conducted by both directors from the same team as you - Primarily focuses on behavioral questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: A project you're most proud of? Q: What do you do when you're stuck on a problem? Q: Open to working on a custom in house framework? Q: What are some things to consider when. you're thinking about performance? Q: Create a function that will find the largest word in the given string.
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at People Inc. with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at People Inc. overall takes an average of 37 days.
Common stages of the interview process at People Inc. as a Senior Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 19%
Phone interview: 19%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 19%
Personality test: 13%
Background check: 6%
Other: 6%
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