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).
First, I had an introductory and screening interview web conference and then I was assigned an online coding exercise. The test was 90 minutes to finish and I could select the programming language I was most comfortable using.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Toptal (Minneapolis, MN) in Jan 2021
Interview
Interviewer was very arrogant, with questions specific to terminologies rather than experience. The interviewer was looking for the right words, description that you use to answer their questions, and not listen to how you answer the question to assess if you understand the methodology being asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the different ceremonies in a scrum team?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Toptal in May 2020
Interview
The interviewer seemed bothered with something since the beginning and then quickly asked me how much time as a developer I had. I had a few months less than expected so the person quickly ended the interview. No other questions asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How much time experience do you have as a developer