I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Xcalar in Jul 2018
Interview
After applying on the website, I got a online assessment and a hr reach out to me after I submitted it. The first round is talking with the hiring manager about the company background and culture. The second round is one-hour technical screen with a engineer. Since I'm not a local at BayArea, the third and forth round are two-hour technical screens respectively, in each round, finish 1-2 technical questions with a engineer per hour.
The whole process is very positive, as the interviewers would give me instructions if I struggled. It's more like pair coding with the interviewers, instead of solving difficulties by myself. The technical questions are related to string parse, binary tree, dfs/bfs, you would be okay if you can solve medium-difficult questions on Hackerrank/Leetcode. The hr is also responsive, that I got updates right after my interview.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Xcalar in Mar 2019
Interview
I applied online for the position and was contacted by the recruiter. The entire process took around 1.5 months.
The interview involved one telephonic call with the manager and subsequently two 2 hour calls with the members of the team.
The questions/discussion were around system design, although it did involve some fair amount of coding as well. Overall I enjoyed the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some standard set of questions on trees and binary search.
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Xcalar (New York, NY)
Interview
Questions from Os and networking. Interviewer was the support lead forming a new team. Not sure if he was super intelligent or just asked random questions. Either ways, not a practical leader and was anxious throughout the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OS and network troubleshooting tools and concepts.
Member Of Technical Staff applicants have rated the interview process at Xcalar with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Member Of Technical Staff roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Xcalar overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Xcalar as a Member Of Technical Staff according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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