I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tripadvisor (Ottawa, ON) in Oct 2014
Interview
The company recruiter contacted me after I handed in my resume at a university job fair. We scheduled a Skype interview with a software engineer. At first, the engineer asked me to describe my former projects. Then he asked a couple of technical questions.
1. What data structure would you use to store large amounts of phone numbers?
2. Given a very large text file, how would you extract all phone numbers from the text?
3. How would you process the text file using a parallel architecture?
Finally, the engineer had given me an opportunity to ask any questions about the company. The interview ended after about 35 minutes of talking. After about 2 weeks I reveived an email explaining they will not continue with my application.
The recruiter, as well as the engineer, were both very nice and helpful. However, I have never heard any feedback from either of them regarding why I am not the right fit for their company. Also, they were not interested in anything else but strictly my technical knowledge about data structures and parallel computing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you extract all phone numbers from a very large text file using a parallel architecture?
I applied online. I interviewed at Tripadvisor in Feb 2026
Interview
Good, although, sometimes struggling in providing you information about when interview will be leaving you wondering. Technical interview was good, I went into in uncertain as I wasn't sure about if I could solve a challenge. Recruiter was very nice and informative as well. Gutted to not progress onto next stages but they layout whole process for you and provide with you with feedback even if you fail the technical interview.
I hope to re-apply soon when I become more confident with approaching technical assessments cause these do not correlate with your day to day duties as SE.
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A few rounds of technical interviews and hr was done . A technical test was sent to me and an online live coding session was also set . The overall process was good
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Looks like a demanding process. I didn’t get through the initial stage interview due to not having great answers for the screening questions so I can’t tell much on what comes later
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