I applied through other source. I interviewed at Condé Nast (New York, NY) in Aug 2017
Interview
Initial contact from recruiter on Hired platform. The internal recruiter was affable and very articulate. I was able to learn more about the company and gain insight into their hiring process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What technologies have you used in the past couple of years?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Condé Nast (New York, NY) in May 2015
Interview
I replied to the LinkedIn Pulse job post for CNE a division of CN with letter & portfolio. The lead engineer's assistant replied a few days later to schedule a phone interview with him, the lead engineer & the director of engineering.
Round 1: Phone Screen
I received the call & answered their usual questions. They were keen to emphasize they want full stack because the team operates that way, preferring "open collaboration" where anyone does as much as possible.
Round 2: tech test
I used the recommended 4.5-6hrs to complete the tech test which was to code thescene.com with the swiftype API & pushing to their private Git repo. It was really long & dissuading. I should've charged a fee.
Round 3: edits
Git commit messages & times were closely examined. They asked why I coded it the way I did, what I'd done differently, then asked if I could do those particular recommendations. I estimated it'd been another 2-3hrs.
I got a job elsewhere so I stopped spending time coding here.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Go through the process of what happens after you type a website in the URL bar.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Condé Nast (New York, NY) in Jun 2015
Interview
Sent the director of engineering an e-mail along with my linkedin and links to side projects. He sent me an e-mail shortly after to schedule a phone interview with his assistant. I received a call from him with another person on the line, I'm assuming the person was a software engineer on the team. First they ask if I have any questions for them. Then phone call went straight to technical questions, no behavioral questions. The technical questions did not compose of any algorithm or coding questions... it was more networks and how to set up the environment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Go through the process of what happens after you type a website in the URL bar.
2) What is an IP address?
3) What is webrick/handle requests?
4) Scaling for high traffic websites
5) What are load balancers?