I applied online. I interviewed at Toptal in May 2017
Interview
It's all pretty clearly laid out on their website:
1. A 20 minute behavioral Skype call mainly to check for English proficiency.
2. 90 minutes to do 3 algorithms questions (all automatically scored).
3. 60 minutes to do 2 algorithms questions whilst sharing my screen with a Toptal engineer.
4. A web application to develop over a few days (had 2 weeks to do it). I spent a total of 4 days on it, but most of that time was me learning ReactJS (something I wanted to do anyway).
The whole process took about 3 weeks, but that was mainly because I had a backlog of work to do for some clients. I probably could've got through the whole thing in 1 week if I had nothing else to do. I found the process as a whole to be challenging, but incredibly fun.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Toptal (Kyiv, ) in Sep 2013
Interview
english review, codility, tech screening. Review process took around about 20 days. English review was quick, most nervous was codility test. Simple task was quite easy during screening process, but I guess it depends on screener.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Toptal (New York, NY) in Feb 2017
Interview
Three or more steps interview. First is screening, second technical and third small project presentation. Problem is that project is not well described, they told you to do few things and then ask you why you didn't do all other staff? You can be declined even if you know how to do things. You need to guess what they want.
Prior to the project portion of our screening process, candidates receive an email clearly outlining the project details and requirements (both functional and nonfunctional). Some of these details can be interpreted and implemented in multiple ways. This is intentional - it’s representative of what a client might ask for and allows for our team to evaluate how applicants manage requirements gathering and interpretation. We screen for problem-solving abilities as much as skillset.
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