I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at ZapLabs in Mar 2017
Interview
First round was a skype interview coding challenge where the interviewer asked two questions. Next round was in person where there were 4 rounds 30 mins each and 9 people total took the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First question on skype was to solve a string with duplicate numbers. They look for optimized solution so don't use 2 for loops, instead use hashset.
Second question on skype was to solve a fibonacciSeries.
In person interview: They asked design question to design a shopping list app with writing REST API's and DB schema.
Then they asked to solve two-sum algorithm
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ZapLabs (Emeryville, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
Talked to them at a career fair, got a request for a video call interview with an Engineer about a week later. Video call went quite well in the . Was then contacted to do an onsite interview, with clear directions on how to get to the building. It did not seem like they were prepared to interview me as the room they set up for me was filled by another group. Was interviewed by 2 engineers and asked java questions and 2-3 algorithm questions. Did not get an offer at the end, but the experience was pretty good.
Java Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at ZapLabs 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 32.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Java Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ZapLabs overall takes an average of 13 days.
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Phone interview: 29%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Drug test: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Presentation: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
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