Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Forward with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 22.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Forward overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Forward as a Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
Background check: 11%
Presentation: 11%
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I passed the 30-minute behavioral interview and was invited to an one hour coding interview. The behavioral interview was very engaging. The interviewer shows great interest in my perspective and enthusiastically share her experiences at Forward. The coding interview, on the other hand, was not as good. Even though I solved the problem, I don't think I passed the vibe check with the interviewer. The conversation was quite dead. I guess that's why I was rejected.
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The coding question was about a keyboard and cursor. The task is to find the shortest way to move the cursor to type a given string. The follow-up question is what is some keys are duplicated.
Great! Focused system design + average leetcode questions. Behavioral interview was very nice and straightforward. Systems design interview include building a scribe tool for doctors to use. Was more a paired session with the interviewer.
It was pretty normal as far as interviews in tech go for entry level engineers. It felt like they were spending more time selling me on their product than on questioning me. Some standard Leetcode style question.
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Something about the minimum travel distance on a keyboard grid.
Medium difficulty. Interviewed before the company abruptly shut down. Like the team, did not get many specifics about the business, particularly regarding the care pods. It was a few phone screens and then onsite.