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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      May 7, 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Getty Images (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2024

      Interview

      A recruiter contacted me to interview for a role. Prescreening interview was the assignment to write about the search relevance that I've done for various companies in the past, my experience with RESTFul API, etc. That took me 10 hours to write and rewrite and match to their expectations and audit Getty Images on what search functionality is missing or buggy. First interview was very smooth and easy, only open person - he went over open positions then had, job description and requirements for the candidate and asked me if my skills are matching (and they are). Second interview (scheduled two weeks later) started 5 minutes late, first interviewer asked me about my experience, which I answered and then second interviewer showed up pretty late (about 15 minutes). I had to explain briefly my experiences again. After that we went into one coding exercise, system design and after that the second interviewer asked me the question for Trapping Water (LeetCode) that I've seen - however I left only with 4 minutes to solve this hard level program. I mentioned that I don't have time for it - however I put together the pseudocode as much as I could. I felt strongly that I passed the interview only to receive the next day that I was "technically weak" - although I went through the system design thoroughly, coding exercises on LeetCode thoroughly and thought that my expertise in relevance is the most important and I elaborated on what's missing on Getty Images site from the search/relevance perspective.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      write the code for "Trapping Water" from LeetCode
      Answer question
      1
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      Getty Images response
      2y
      Thank you for taking the time to let us know how the interview process went. We apologise that the experience was poorly coordinated. We would certainly like to speak to you directly about what happened. We are a people first organisation, and your feedback is vitally important to us. Please reach out to us at ta@gettyimages.com, if you would like to discuss your experience.

      Other Senior Software Engineer interview reviews for Getty Images

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Sep 4, 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Toronto, ON
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Getty Images (Toronto, ON) in Jun 2024

      Interview

      A recruiter call and then a virtual interview with the hirinig manager. The interview was scheduled twice because the interviewer failed to show up on the first time. The actual interview was him asking me some technical and behavioural questions and a super simple coding for mapping objects to ids (WTF). I did not pass and did not get any response from the recruiter when I asked for feedback.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How much are you coding in your day to day job
      1 Answer
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      Getty Images response
      1y
      Thank you for taking the time to let us know how the interview process went. We apologise that the experience was poorly coordinated. We would certainly like to speak to you directly about what happened. We are a people first organisation, and your feedback is vitally important to us. Please reach out to us at ta@gettyimages.com, if you would like to discuss your experience.

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 17, 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Getty Images (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2023

      Interview

      Two leetcode questions, analyze algorithm complexity, multithreading concept, objected oriented programming, design questions, production level coding practice. Etc. All interview were conducted virtually Overall pretty typical software engineer technical interview. Most interviewers were nice to guidu me through the questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Two leetcode questions, analyze algorithm complexity, multithreading concept, objected oriented programming, design questions, production level coding practice. Etc. All interview were conducted virtually Overall pretty typical software engineer technical interview. Most interviewers were nice to guidu me through the questions.
      Answer question
      avatar
      Getty Images response
      2y
      Thank you for your feedback and helping us improve the candidate experience at Getty Images. We appreciate your time and interest and look forward to the possibility of discussing future opportunities with you.