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      Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 26, 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at New York Times in Mar 2023

      Interview

      Applied online -> 1 week -> Recruiter Screen -> Hiring Manager call -> Code challenge -> Virtual onsite Onsite consisted of 30 minutes of technical questions, 2 45 behaviorals, and then 45 minute walking through code challenge. Overall, not an especially difficult process, though it was lengthy as I spent quite a bit of time on the code challenge to use the same tech stack they did, but it probably didn't make a difference. My onsite schedule was inaccurate, as my first interview was labeled System Design with 3 people, but as soon as I got on the call there was 1 person and he immediately started drilling me with technical questions. I was a little thrown off, but they were standard questions, just asked in an off putting way. 2 45 min behaviorals with people outside of your immediate function, mostly nontechnical folks. The questions for both of these are relatively the same and are standard behavioral questions. The interviewers are just reading off a list and I don't believe anyone was taking any notes so they are probably judging you based on how they feel about you. Code sharing was fine, but I was asked a CS trivia question unrelated to the position I was interviewing for. Not sure what they were trying to achieve here. Recruiter said he'd get back to me within the week, after not hearing anything for 1 full week I followed up and got an automated rejection. Rude. I'd heard good things about NYTimes from a former employee which is why I was interested, but overall the process felt sloppy and the pay is below market.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time you didn't get along with a coworker. Tell me about a time you made a mistake. How did you deal with a coworker who was struggling. If you were to quit in 1 year, what would the reason be? How do you promote DEI efforts?
      Answer question
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