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).
The interview process was very smooth. Everything was done very professionally. The third round was really difficult. The company is looking for people who are very good at listening and analyzing information very quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to analyze the problems of a mid size company in Europe.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Toptal (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2021
Interview
3 rounds of interviews with a practical as the final round reviewing what was discussed in the 2nd round. The interview process was straightforward and comprehensive. Would recommend studying product fundamentals and frameworks in preparation.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Toptal
Interview
call for 10 mins and the guy ask about backgrounds but he didn’t have background on data engineering then when i answer he paused to process and decided not to go due to my communication.