I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Agoda in Oct 2019
Interview
I had a skype interview in which I was asked a few simple technical questions and probes into my background. The interview went well, but I haven't heard back for a while.
I then mentioned I will be on vacation in Bangkok and could drop by for an interview on-site.
The day of the interview consisted of six 1 hour meetings with different managers from different parts of the organization, some of them were executives.
Unfortunately, there was no structure and seemingly no planning for this process as I was asked random questions about system design, management skills, and coding skills.
Two different interviewers asked me the same whiteboard question in different variations.
In total, I spent most of my time there with the whiteboard, a stressful situation and a one that I wasn't prepared for because I was expecting more to be interviewed about my managerial skills and less about algorithms.
Besides that, I got the sense that some of the interviewers were eager to finish the process as soon as possible. I did not get the impression that these are people I'd want to work with.
I was scheduled for more on-site interviews the next day but canceled them since I figured out Agoda is not a place I want to work at. Needless to say, I didn't get any job offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some variation of breadth-first search in binary trees (whiteboard question asked twice by two different people)
I was supposed to be interviewed for the BE skills, but the interviewer asked mobile development questions. The role required a relocation, but the Interviewer was constantly demotivating about the relocation.
7 interviews of varying levels of difficulty on site and virtual. It was not all equally challenging but I can say it was thorough. I also felt like they were all necessary
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Agoda in Oct 2023
Interview
So unprofessional. Applied for the EM role, got an automated email to sign up for an interview slot which I did. The interview seemed to go ok, mostly just situational questions, but didn't hear back for a week, so I emailed the recruiter and got absolutely no response. Literally over a month later I get an email from a different person saying "oh sorry we are late but we are going to pass". I don't mind that they reject me but just being SILENT for a month is just crazy. If this is the first impression as a candidate, I can't imagine what it is like as an employee.... shesh.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: How did you help someone get promoted?
How do you help quiet people on the team be heard?
Did you ever have to fire someone.
Pretty standard EM questions.