I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at WillowTree (Charlottesville, VA) in Oct 2018
Interview
Solo video interview, followed by a short conversation with a recruiter to schedule a 1 hour interview with another recruiter. I was told the second interview was a "code share". When I asked for more specifics I was told that reading up on APIs, having an understanding of continuous integration and "best practices" in Java would be helpful for this step. So I took a crash course on RESTful APIs, built one to retrieve the data I'm using at my current position and took a dive into Android to revive an old project since this company seems pretty focus on the mobile front. Not bad for a single weekend I thought.
Unfortunately none of that helped me at all since the second call wasn't a code share at all. It was another list of questions that "had to be asked" that really just highlighted the weak points of my current position and why I'm leaving it. I talked about the work I had done in preparation to share and I got a "cool". Followed by a pop quiz on a data structure I haven't used since college in the form of a coding challenge to turn an int array into a bar chart in the terminal. In hindsight I shouldn't have struggled as much as I did even through I did eventually work through the majority of the problem when I realized it was a test on knowing how to use the features of a HashMap, I was just caught off guard. Had I known we were doing data structure trivia I would have brushed up on that instead. In fact the entire process was about as vague as could be. I couldn't get a remotely straight answer about what they were looking for out of the role the opening. They claime to hire people over resumes and I appreciate that but I was promptly sent a rejection letter after this meeting so apparently that's just not true. I really had high hopes for this company but this has left a bad taste in my mouth.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the testing and code deployment process at your current position?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at WillowTree (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Jan 2025
Interview
Interview with a lot of technical discussions and questions regarding the role stack (React native).
We run through 5 interviews talking about different aspects of the role and situations that as a senior software would face
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the differences between redux and mobx in a deep level of details
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at WillowTree in Apr 2024
Interview
Straight forward interview. Development talk with platform specific questions. Everyone seemed knowledgable and engaged in the questions. I didnt feel overwhelmed by the level of the questions. I felt good after the interview.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at WillowTree (Charlottesville, VA) in Dec 2022
Interview
The interview was pretty typical. There were 3 stages
1. Phone screening
2. Technical Interview
3. Collaborative live coding
The questions and live coding exercises were average in difficulty. People were respectful and very helpful throughout the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on architecture decisions, data structures, technical background, culture, etc.
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at WillowTree with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at WillowTree overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at WillowTree as a Senior Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Skills test: 14%
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