I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Thumbtack in Jun 2024
Average interview
Application
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Thumbtack in Aug 2016
Interview
Recruiter contacted me and scheduled phone interviews. Interviews were polite and professional and asked decent questions. Phone screen interviews were fairly decent. Will post more details when process moves ahead. Will post more details when process moves ahead.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Write a class to find mean and median of streaming integers where integers have a range of 0 to 1000.
Implement a multi hash map with keys having more than 1 value
k1 -> {v1, v2, v3}
k2 -> {v3, v5}
k3 -> {v5, v7}
API should be
1. void put(K k, V v) // put(k1, v1) --> no-op. put(k1, v4) --> do something.
2. void delete(K k, V v) // delete(k4, v8) --> no-op. delete(k3, v5) --> do something.
3. Collection<V> get(K k) // if key does not exist, return an empty collection.
4. boolean containsValue(V v) // containsValue(v5) return true; containsValue(v6) return false;
all 4 methods run in O(1) time.
keys are strings, values are longs.
One round of recruiter call, the recruiter rescheduled the call 5 times (not exaggerating). when we finally got on the call he sounded unenthusiastic about the company, lots of sighs, even said that he's already in a friday mood (it was a wednesday). Asked me about what I knew about the company, I gave him a high level description, he made fun of me for not giving detailed enough info and not doing my research before the interview.. overall he came of as rude. will not be moving forward with them. He also seemed very stuck on the leveling of the position, this could be a good thing but I've never had a recruiter needing me to have the exact title from my last company, as far as I know, these titles mean different things at different companies.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What did you know about the company, describe what has been `keeping you busy`
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Thumbtack in Jul 2023
Interview
The entire interview process was straightforward and efficient. The recruiter was thorough in explaining the nuances of the role and steps of the interview process during our initial call. After the technical interview (online challenge via Hackerrank), he prepped me for the virtual onsite and made sure I felt confident and prepared. (I'm interviewing at several different companies and many of them don't even offer a prep call or guidance along the way.) This left me with a really positive impression about Thumbtack overall. I didn't receive an offer, but my experience throughout the process was positive and the recruiter said he would let me know if they other roles open where I might be a better fit, which I appreciated. Keeping my fingers crossed to hear from them in the future.
I interviewed at Thumbtack (South San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Not great. Would not recommend applying to this company but do so at your own risk. Person interviewing me seemed nice though. They did not seem to know what they wanted from me as an engineer.
