I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Quantcast (San Francisco, CA) in May 2013
Interview
Their interview process is pretty bad.
I had a phone interview with a hiring manager, then coding test, after that I received a mail saying they would like to bring me onsite. They sent me documentation for reimbursement expense.
Then I flew to SF, and the interview questions on that day was quite easy, at the end of the day the recruiter asked me my current salary.
The following week, I got the declined result, the recruiter told me every interviewer said you are great. So I guess my salary is out of their range for the position.
Then I submitted my expense in SF.
However, it's already 50 days, I still have not receive their check!!!!!
THIS IS SO WEIRD.
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Quantcast (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Summary - I was targeted and courted by their recruiting team. I was rejected because I don't have the "background/experience they are looking for". I wouldn't recommend this company to my friends because of my interview experience there.
The initial recruiting process was pretty well thought-out: I was invited to a big event with dozens of people. A while later, without me following up, I was asked to attend a smaller event with fewer prospects. The recruiters are nice, efficient and professional. I have nothing but admiration for them.
After the second event, there wasn't a phone screen, just an invitation to onsite. On that day, I thought everything went really well until I was interviewed by a manager in their SF office.
I was given an "open question" where there is no "bad answers". It turns out that was a large project that the manager worked on in a previous job. And it was anything but "open": every assumption, alternative I put on the table was quickly dismissed. Among the few left standing, one was meant for me to prove it wrong myself.
I have been given those types of questions before but never felt so entrapped. I don't think the interviewer meant it. Nonetheless, I'd say, if you don't want to work with someone, day in and day out, who has superiority complex, do not accept their invitation.