The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Rapleaf (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2010
Interview
Took the online test and setup a phone interview a couple days later. While my test answers were correct I found myself stumbling a bit when asked to elaborate on them. Specifically the question regarding the Kevin Bacon degrees. Be sure to know BFS and how to implement it in code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a database scheme for a basic version of IMDB, ie. Actors, movies, etc.
The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Rapleaf in Apr 2010
Interview
Online "interview" followed by a phone interview. Phone interview focused on the questions from the online interview that had incorrect or incomplete solutions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Bubble sort or merge sort for input of size < 1000? For input size > 1000?
Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Rapleaf with 3 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 27% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Rapleaf overall takes an average of 7 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Rapleaf as a Software Engineer Intern according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include: