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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Nov 15, 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Hearst (New York, NY) in Sep 2016

      Interview

      The process is a waste of time. You first go through an easy phone screen where you are asked about your background and some technical questions. Then you are tasked with a writing a tedious code challenge that is time consuming with no pay. If they seriously expect you to spend 4 hours of your time without any compensation, that speaks volumes about the culture and laziness with hiring.
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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Sep 24, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Hearst

      Interview

      phone interview first. this is mostly to get a broad idea of your skillset and how you would fit in, personality wise, with the team. interviews done by potential coworkers as well as managers, so more people have an opinion and compare notes. followed up by in-person technical interview. questions were textbook programming and involved writing on the whiteboard, on the spot so to speak, mostly interviewers interested in how you think while you solve problems, how you step through it mentally, what you do when you hit a wall, etc. how creative the problem solving process is. questions not hard per se, but also can be obscure and not everyday topics.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      range of front end and backend questions. some factual, others theoretical.
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