O processo levou 5 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela The Trade Desk em abr. de 2018
Entrevista
The Trade Desk invited us in for a description of their stack and gave us an interview question (N Way Set Associative Cache) to be completed in 30 days. They mentioned that we could reach out and asked questions, but they never responded to any of the questions I asked over the month. This should have been my first red flag, but I spent over 40 hours to complete the assignment, tweaking it as I went along. The following workday, they reply back that they did not want to continue the interview.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Build an in-memory cache system in (C#, Java, or Python) with type-safe keys and values in a library format. Provide a LRU and a MRU replacement algorithm along with a custom replacement algorithm.
60 mins - Algorithm questions. it was generally leetcode med level algorithm questions and they asked 2 questions. They were kind of rushing the interview and didn't seem like they cared about the interview.
Candidatei-me por meio de recrutador(a). Fiz uma entrevista na empresa The Trade Desk.
Entrevista
Initial Screen: A 30-minute phone call with a recruiter to discuss resume, experience, and interest in The Trade Desk.
Technical Assessment/Case Study:
Engineering: A 90-minute online assessment (often via CodeSignal) simulating real-world projects, focusing on algorithms and data structures.
Commercial/Trading: A take-home case study or data presentation prepared in advance and presented to the team.
Panel/On-Site Interviews: Multiple (4-5) 30-minute, back-to-back, or virtual interviews with team members and hiring managers. Questions focus on past experiences, behavioral scenarios, and problem-solving.
Final Presentation/Cultural Fit: A final, often in-person, interview focused on ensuring candidates align with the company's culture and possess the confidence and skills needed for role
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Banking System Design: A multi-level challenge where you start by implementing basic deposits/withdrawals and scale to "Top K" transaction ranking, scheduled payments, and merging account histories.
Candidatei-me online. Fui entrevistado pela The Trade Desk (Sydney) em out. de 2025
Entrevista
I applied for a SDE position in Sydney AU. Online accessed + recruiter call + 4 rounds onsite rounds. The recruiter was super efficient and professional, some interviewers were very professional and friendly, however, the hiring manager had astonishingly bad manners, he gave an ambiguous and topic and didn’t collaborate or specify what aspects to focus on, as I continued to seek clarification, he became visibly frustrated and started yelling. Would recommend the company to improve the mental maturity of this hiring manager from HK before allowing him to become an interviewer again. The hiring manager's terrible manner explains why the same job has been posted again and again on Linkedin but never been filled over the last 2 months.
