Tripadvisor Software Engineer interview questions

I applied for an internship but went through a surprising interview process. I was first given a phone call, the recruiter went through my resume with me. We then scheduled a phone interview with a manager. After a few days I got on the phone with the manager who gave me several problems to solve on the phone. Those problems were mostly math and algorithms related. They were not that difficult but I was not expecting it. I was then given a programming assignment to complete within 48 hours. Even if I gave them calls and sent emails, so far they have never told me what they thought of my program.

The interview lasted 24 minutes and ended very badly. I was not expecting a technical interview; I was expecting a more general and recruiter kind of talk. The interviewer asked me about SQL syntax, which I felt was not a good estimate of my programming skills. The second part, OOP design, was very difficult: implement a version control system. I totally blew this problem because I was overwhelmed by the complexity of a VCS (I use Git, so I was thinking about Git the entire time), and was not able to focus on the bare minimum components that made a VCS work. There were few hints. The questions were harder than my Google interview questions. I consider them very difficult for the entry level job I intend to interview for. Maybe there are people fresh out of college capable of answering those questions, but they certainly will not end up being at TripAdviser.