I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at IXL Learning (San Mateo, CA) in Nov 2016
Interview
I was recruited at a job fair, where I gave them my resume. I was asked for a cover letter a couple weeks later, followed by a phone interview with a member of the team I would be working with. The phone interview featured a riddle, as is typical of a tech job. This was followed by a writing assignment (on which is crucial that you do well), and then an on-site interview. The on-site interview involved meetings with several members of the team, exercises in curriculum design (brainstorming, problem/text editing), and a logic puzzle. It lasted about 6 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you think your teaching, research, and other experience (at the college level) have prepared you to do the work of a curriculum designer?
Pretty straightforward. The recruiter will call you and ask some pre-screening question then you will be asked to complete a task within a week. The task consists of grammatical correction, alignment and information clarity.
Had a phone screening which went well, followed by a work product. The instructions on the work product were overall very vague, and took a lot of guessing/assuming what they were looking for. It took me about 5 hours total, and I received a rejection email stating that no feedback would be given and with no further explanation.
The interview consisted of a recruiter call. Then a 2nd call. Then a remote meeting via zoom where I was drilled with questions that didn't seem to math the role I applied for. Zero emotions shown. No smiles.
