I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Groupon in Feb 2016
No offer
Negative experience
Average interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Groupon (Seattle, WA) in Sept 2015
Interview
I applied online, spoke with the hiring manager on the phone, and spent a day interviewing onsite. I got good feedback from the first 4 people I interviewed with in person, but the final interviewer was clearly in a bad mood and was almost hostile.
I was promised reimbursement for parking which I never received. I e-mailed twice and was told "we'll send a check right away" both times.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Increasingly complex SQL queries. Some basic probability (combinations, permutations, etc) and algorithm (e.g. given three possible operations, complete a task) questions.
The first round was telephonic which was coordinated by the recruiter.
Interviewer first explained about the company and then talked about the job description.
Questions asked by the interviewer were -
Tell me about yourself
Why do you want to join groupon
Write SQL on getting the information of employees who worked on a project in 2011
Ask any question that you want to know
I think I was not selected as he was looking for a very efficient SQL query, the SQL test was through screen sharing
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interviewer first explained about the company and then talked about the job description.
Questions asked by the interviewer were -
Tell me about yourself
Why do you want to join groupon
Write SQL on getting the information of employees who worked on a project in 2011
Ask any question that you want to know
I think I was not selected as he was looking for a very efficient SQL query, the SQL test was through screen sharing