Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 3 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Optimal (WA) (Kirkland, WA) em mar. de 2018
Entrevista
Phone interview, then onsite, which consisted of a small traditional interview, then a couple hours of technical interview with hand-writing code to solve problems. Then an interview with the CEO which also involved some code and focused on data structures.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Write code to sort an array, explain algorithm, build a max heap, and there were some word problems/riddles.
Candidatei-me online. Fiz uma entrevista na empresa Optimal (WA).
Entrevista
Each interviewer, including the CEO, acted as if they did not want to be interviewing me, even though they kept moving me along in the process. The interviewers did not initiate any pleasantries or conversation, and each interview was approximately 40 minutes of an interrogation-like Q&A. When they did comment on my answers, it was sometimes to respond condescendingly. When I asked the CEO questions about the company, he would respond in question form and avoided answering definitively.
Each interviewer also asked a brain teaser. These sometimes took up to 15 minutes and in my opinion, did not help them understand me as a candidate beyond perhaps testing my patience. The entire interview process seemed to serve as a long arbitrary exam instead of an opportunity to learn about a candidate's professional qualifications.
The company seems to also view their candidates through the lens of their former high school and college selves. I was asked for my SAT scores during the preliminary application process (the real test was being able to find them!), and most interviewers told me this was their first job out of college.
Some of this pain was self-inflicted; I continued to move through the process in hopes that the first interviewers were not representative of the culture at large, but out of several interviewers, I only had a pleasant experience with one.
Candidatei-me online. Fiz uma entrevista na empresa Optimal (WA).
Entrevista
Now known as Optimal, the first step was a coding challenge with some behavioral questions thrown in. Unfortunately I did not advance from this round (or so I presume given it has been a couple of months with no response). Do not expect any follow up if they do not proceed with your candidacy.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Standard coding questions of medium difficulty, some behavioral questions