Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Toptal as 25% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.75 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for UI & UX Designer and Front End Developer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Product Manager and Frontend Developer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Toptal takes an average of 40 days when considering 4 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for UI & UX Designer had the quickest hiring process (on average 30 days), whereas Product Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 49 days).
Very professional and friendly. The interviewer had been with the company for a long time and she encouraged me to move along in the process. Overall a pleasant experience. The interview did not last more than 30 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Overall experience with financial models, cap tables, accounting, financial ratios, cash flow statements
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Toptal
Interview
It had 4 phases which starts with a short call from HR to test your english proficiency, the second stage is an online test from Codility with 3 questions, the 3rd step is again an online test but this time 2 questions and you are sharing your screen while solving the problem. Last phase is a project you need complete in 2 weeks and then demo it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your past experience, have you ever worked as a freelancer?
I applied online. I interviewed at Toptal (Osijek) in Feb 2017
Interview
There is 4 steps process.
1. Interview with HR, to see who you are and how good is your English
2. Codility coding, you have 1h30m to take the test, each task gets you 100 points, you need 300 to pass
3. Live coding. You need to share screen and the other person gives you a task, you have 15 minutes to solve it
4. You get a small project to solve in your desirable language
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There are no specific questions. It's better to learn algorithm tasks from HackerRank or AlgoExpert