I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at REI (Kent, WA)
Interview
I had a great interview with the hiring manager. He then had me do a phone screen with the lead dev. to be sure it was a good fit. The woman gave me a bad review and said I did not answer the questions fully. She had a very thick accent and did not seem to understand some of my responses. When I asked her to rephrase or repeat a question, she seemed annoyed. I attempted to ask a few questions at the end of the interview and she said, "this interview is over, I do not have time to answer your questions, I am the one to ask questions." Honestly, I have no idea what goes on over there, maybe the manager was on vacation. This lady clearly didn't get how interviews work, that it's a 2 way street. Despite the great rapport with the manager, knowing I would have to deal with this lady on a daily basis made this an easy choice for me. I just can't imagine why they would have someone like this as part of the screening process. I learned nothing more about the job or company from her. It was just a very odd experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None, the person seemed like she was interviewing me for the wrong job.
I applied online. I interviewed at REI (Bellevue, WA) in Jan 2021
Interview
Interview is not difficult. Questions are more of team building than technical. Friendly members in panel.
Interview is not difficult. Questions are more of team building than technical. Friendly members in panel.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at REI (Seattle, WA) in May 2016
Interview
Quick in getting back to schedule the interview but never responded after the interview where they had asked to follow up on a certain date. After the follow up about thrice through email, they send a mail telling they are moving forward with an internal candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for REI?
What is the current job duties?
What is the expected salary?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at REI (Kent, WA) in Jun 2015
Interview
I had a very strange (weird) experience interview with REI. One of my colleague recommended me and I applied the position through REI website. The recruiter got back to me the next 2 days. We talked about the position and REI then she disappeared after that for about 2 weeks. I got an email from her later indicating that she'll send me a link to do a digital interview. Well, if you haven't heard about digital interview, here's a brief description. You're required to dress up like the real interview and sit in front up a computer that has a camera. You'll be asked questions and you answer to the camera, the application will record your answers and send to the hiring manager or whoever at the end.
They gave a programming question required me to code in Python and other questions that don't relate to the position I applied. I told the recruiter about that and mentioned to her that I applied for the Java position, not Python. She said she would ask the hiring manager. Then she told me the hiring manager said if I don't know, just answer "I don't know" to the question. What is that? How am I going to pass the interview with that answer?
At the end of the interview, the application pops up with a survey. I felt like they are doing the test on the application instead of the interview. After that I haven't heard back from them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It's been a while: the Python question to print out something from a String.
