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WhatsApp interviews FAQs
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at WhatsApp with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 41% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 20 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at WhatsApp overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at WhatsApp as a Software Engineer according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 30%
Skills test: 23%
Personality test: 7%
Background check: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I was given an in person, 90 minute interview with an engineer after contacting a recruiter. After several days they replied to me and said that I was not selected for the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked to implement a list data structure with search and insert capabilities
Applied online - received an invite from the recruiter for a technical interview. The interview covers your standard CS fundamentals, the main focus was on linked lists - straightforward questions like merging linked lists, etc. Asked about the time complexity of the code written + how to convert recursive code to iterative and vice versa.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at WhatsApp (Menlo Park, CA) in Mar 2018
Interview
It was okay... not sure what they expect. I'm pretty sure I gave a good answer. took some time to come up with a solution - maybe that was the reason why. But i felt like in the end, I gave a solid solution.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
List of meeting times:
10-10:30
10-11:00
11:00-12:00
11:30-12:00
min # of rooms needed to accommodate all meeting rooms.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at WhatsApp
Interview
Received a boilerplate message via LinkedIn from the Whatsapp recruiter (I am not allowed to share her/his name). I said that I am interested, but all of my messages were ignored (even after months). That's very unprofessional behavior for on-site recruiter.