I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Works Applications (Shanghai, Shanghai) in Aug 2016
Interview
1. Finish at least one problem in five days.
2. Live coding. There will be a countdown to remind you of the limited time. I finished 2 problems to pass the second process.
3. Intern. Design a product about the specific theme and implement it.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Works Applications (Tokyo) in Feb 2018
Interview
About 3-4 rounds of filtering, I did it all on Skype. It will include 2 rounds of coding interview on "code-check.io", one require some reading comprehension, another is an algorithm question. You may also be asked to attend so called Japanese "SPI" exam on Skype, also available in English. This exam does not own large weight on evaluation, I did terrible on SPI but still get an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some question about my code asked. Such as "which kind of effort did you pay to make your code readable and reusable."
Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Works Applications with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineer roles take an average of 75 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Works Applications overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Works Applications as a Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 40%
Group panel interview: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
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