I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Splice
Interview
1. Recruiter Screen
2. Hiring Manager
3. Technical Deep Dive
4. Systems Design
5-7. Culture Fit/Behavioral
Process took a little over a month from first recruiter call to offer, but some of that time was because I had conflicts in my schedule.
For the technical deep dive, there were some behavioral questions and then a pull request review in Go. Fair questions that allow you to demonstrate how you think and work.
The systems design is what you would expect where questions about your design get progressively more difficult. Emphasis on demonstrating how you think, communicate, and work through problems rather than "getting it right."
For the other interviews, there is a lot of screening for cultural fit at Splice. More so than other interviews and companies I have worked at in the past. There is an emphasis on collaboration.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your approach to managing stakeholder expectations and the capacity of your team?
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Splice in Feb 2018
Interview
Had a video chat for 20 minutes in the morning. Received assignment link on GitHub. I needed to implement solution using programming language I'm most familiar with. I completed an assignment by the end of day of the interview and sent my zipped solution by email as required. Next day in the morning got email reply saying that based on my interview and my solution they don't want to move forward. I'm not sure if they looked at my solution, because it was really quick response, considering they promised to anonymize my submission and evaluate it using a rubric. My guess is that I failed in some behavioral aspect during video chat, so my interviewer made personal decision to cut me off. Not really professional behavior in my opinion. If he wasn't sure in some behavioral aspect initially, he didn't have to proceed and give me an assignment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
During the video chat interviewer asked me what I understand by being "Senior" developer and why I want to work for Splice and why I want to leave my current job.
Senior Backend Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Splice 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 62.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Backend Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Splice overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Splice as a Senior Backend Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
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