I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Reddit (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2019
Interview
After applying for the role, the Head of Design reached out to me and invited me onsite for a brief chat, which was centered around my work and background. The second round was a whiteboarding challenge, which they should rename as a stress test. They provide a very broad problem and expect you to solve it in an hour's time, with very unhelpful and rude stakeholders in the room who try to break your thought process. To me, this was indicative of the culture at Reddit and that was a huge red flag.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Many people cannot afford public transport. How would you solve this?
1st phone screen was directly with the head of design. Mostly a casual chat and some lecture about design at Reddit.
2nd interview was a whiteboarding exercise. I think I was denied because my final solution did not agree with the economic and political views of the company. I suggested that public goods should be free.
Recruiter communication is below par at best. Lack of engagement and interest to candidates within the pipeline. I had to reach out a number of times to touch base. The scheduling was also miscommunicated and had a few surprise sessions that weren’t on the official interview schedule.
The interviews themselves were quite engaging. It was with a series of cross-functional partners probing into different collaboration and leadership capabilities.
I was asked to do an additional interview, but I’ve still yet to hear back from the main recruiter or hiring manager about any decision made.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Provide an example of a time where you’ve taken the lead or ownership of a project that included multiple cross-functional partners
1h first round go over your resume 1h whiteboard with senior 1.5h with design peer review and manager The third round and first round kinda overlapped a bit, you have to go through your portfolio multiple times.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How you design transportation(white board) What's difference between figma and adobe xd? What team attract you