I applied online. I interviewed at REAL Software Systems (Los Angeles, CA) in Dec 2018
Interview
First round interview with HR already made me realize that this is not a typical tech company. The interviewer sounds polite and nice. But the questions were very "unusual" and pretty weird for a technical job. All questions are behavioral and completely focused on personal characteristics. It's more like a personality test or thought experiment for fraternity admission. I've never heard of any other interviewer asking those questions for a technical role. I don't think those questions are anywhere relevant to this job.
Although I was given a chance to ask him questions at the end of the interview, it was still a one sided interview overall. The interviewer released minimum information about the company and the job, and escaped my question about the pay. (I was concerned about the pay because I saw too many negative reviews online about this company's unfair pay). At that point I decided to quit
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what would you do if you had a billion dollars. what profession do you "really" wanna do if you had every option. Keep talking about a topic of your choice for the next 5 minutes (seriously)
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at REAL Software Systems (Woodland Hills, CA) in Jul 2019
Interview
I was an early applicant that applied at the beginning of 2019. Spoke to an HR representative over the phone and shortly after was given a logic test to complete. Since this was an early application, I was told to expect to be contacted later on towards the middle of the year. Fast forward to May, I had a phone interview with the director of engineering to learn more about the job and company. Then I completed a programming assignment that involved implementing a solution according to the given requirements. I was then invited to interview with five people at the actual company office. After that, I interviewed with the company's CEO. That brings us to the end of the interview process, at least for me; as it has been 4 weeks since then and I have not been given a response.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at REAL Software Systems with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 150 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at REAL Software Systems overall takes an average of 42 days.
Common stages of the interview process at REAL Software Systems as a Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
Presentation: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
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