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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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.