I applied online. I interviewed at Toptal in Feb 2021
Interview
I have successfully completed the first part of the screening process and I have three more steps to go. Toptal give freelancers to work with top clients in the world which will give us the chance of always grow ourselves.
Usually it starts of with a 10 mins quick call with the HR. Followed by a coding assessment. Which was extremely different. (As a software programmer with over 12 years of experience in the industry and build many websites, applications, etc. almost you would never come across these problems in your day to day work, very confusing questions)
The Coding assessment has 3 tasks (you must answer at least 2 of them, they expect to be fully optimized working solution and must pass all test cases.) You have 100 mins to complete the test. understanding each question would take about at least 20 to 30 mins. You would barely have time to think about the logic.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Toptal (Lahore) in May 2020
Interview
The live coding test is almost impossible to solve in 15 minutes. The interviewers are often late for the meeting. This is anything but a coding test. Like I can't understand why is there such a short time limit? I don't recommend Toptal. It was a waste of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
So the stage 1 is the general HR interview. The stage 2 is a Codility test and then there is the live coding session in which there are some algorithm questions that we aren't allowed to share with other people.