I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at IXL Learning (Menlo Park, CA) in Apr 2025
Interview
The interview is first behavioral, and then has a math problem that you have to think though aloud, then a take-home case study that is long; I'd recommend about 30 hours for that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are introducing IXL to a teacher who has never seen it before. You want
to help them understand what IXL is and get them excited to try it. Describe IXL to a
teacher in 2-3 sentences using your own words.
first round interview with product manager after submitting application (applied in fall of last year but only heard back in late march), questions about resume/project, brain teaser and short product exercise, took 30 minutes
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about a project that you worked on (from the perspective of a product manager)
brain teaser in first round interview. 40 hour take home assignment if you want to do well. take home review is chill. only interview if you absolutely want to work here.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
jelly bean brain teaser, red and blue hats problem.
I applied through university. I interviewed at IXL Learning (San Mateo, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
HR resume screening then a couple interviews with current APM, the VP of Product, and final panel with the team. I think interviewer is super nice but I don't like the whole concept of putting you on the spot to think about an obscure logic puzzle. I expressed my structured thinking and thought clearly but could not come up with the right answer which I think what ultimately caused the rejection.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why this role? UI/UX Website critique and walkthrough. Logic puzzle questions.
