I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sprout Social
Interview
Great interview process, a bit long with 5 interviews and 2 coding interviews, but questions weren't too bad, and everyone seemed nice and professional. The two coding interviews were with 2/3 other devs and were whiteboarding problems and pseudocoding. I was also given a courtesy email when I wasn't chosen.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are creating an app for bus routes, whiteboard and pseudocode on how you would design this app
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sprout Social (Chicago, IL) in Aug 2024
Interview
Went through a technical round with a senior engineer. The questions they asked me were fair, though it probably wasn’t my best performance. That being said, the main thing that irked me was the overall demeanor of the interviewer. They complained about having too many meetings, they mentioned that most of their work consists of putting out fires instead of working on new development, and they just seemed like they really didn’t want to be there. It makes me wonder what’s going on at Sprout if their interviewers can’t even pretend to not hate either their job and/or interviewing a candidate for 1 hour. Also, during the technical interview, I feel like I barely had time to think of my answer before they gave up on me and just gave me the answer and moved on. So I felt rushed.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Sprout Social in Oct 2023
Interview
Initial recruiter screen went well from my perspective, but apparently not from the company's as I was not moved on to the technical round. Normally not a big deal but the recruiter originally reached out to me so not sure what could have happened.
Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Sprout Social with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sprout Social overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sprout Social as a Software Developer according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 16%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 5%
Background check: 5%
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