I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Smartsheet in Jul 2021
Interview
After an initial phone interview, I had a technical interview with a lead engineer. First half, he described the company and role, second half was technical problem solving questions. I found the problem solving questions to be quite tricky, but doable if you memorise your data structures and when to use them, and their associated time complexities. The interviewer clearly did not want to be there, and it made me pretty uncomfortable throughout. I could tell that I did not pass the interview pretty quickly.
Difficult but it went well. there weren't as many technical questions as i was expecting, but it was clear the technical questions asked were relevant to the specific role i applied for.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Smartsheet in Feb 2024
Interview
Recruiter told me the interview would be:
10 min intro
40 min 1 - 2 coding problems
10 min wrap up. I ask questions.
When I got onto the video call with the interviewer she did not give the overview "this is how this will go." After brief introductions she asked me a values based question. I had no idea if there was a coding question next and how much time we are supposed to leave for it. Then we got to the coding problem.
Informal interview which would have been followed by 3 short interviews then finally a culture fit interview. I don't know much besides this as i didn't get past the first stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It seemed like it was the interviewers first or second interview. A few questions about my experiences and then a very very basic coderpad which I solved after providing a couple of potential solutions. The interviewer asked me the complexity of the algorithm and he didn't really seem to understand complexity analysis which made the whole thing a bit awkward
