I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Varsity Tutors (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2022
Interview
I recently had the opportunity to interview with Varsity Tutors and was disappointed by the interviewer. Despite discussing a successful project that I had delivered on time and brought value to my organization, The interviewer seemed to be more focused on their own personal ideas and approaches to project management, rather than fully evaluating my qualifications and experiences. and became easily distracted by a minor detail. It was clear that the interviewer was not open to how I was previously managed, even though I could not control this feature, and quickly made his mind up based on experiences I could not control. I was also disappointed to see that the interviewer seemed to place a higher value on the speed of delivery over system stability. While I understand the importance of meeting deadlines, I believe that a balance between the two is crucial in order to ensure the success and sustainability of a project. In my experience, a focus on both stability and speed of delivery has been key to achieving long-term success. All in all I was not a good fit and passed on the opportunity
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Implement a function that calculates Average() in GoLang accepting a slice of integers. No clarity on what it should return.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Varsity Tutors (Portland, OR) in Jul 2024
Interview
1) Recruiter Screening - Normal stuff
2) Live coding problem with another engineer - Medium level leetcode. They're not looking for exactness, but how you approach problems and communicate. (I came in pretty rusty on these and got a mostly-working solution in the time allotted; still moved to the next round)
3) Behavioral round with a hiring manager - Pretty usual "talk about your experience" stuff.
There's supposed to be a system design type interview next, and another behavioral round with product managers. But I guess I didn't make it that far.
All in all the company does a great job with their recruiting process, communicates well. Seems like a great team to be part of, so kind of bummed I didn't make the cut, but lesson learned to get better at interviewing.
Before the behavioral round the recruiter sent an email linking to a page with their corporate values. I recommend reading that thoroughly and thinking of good stories that speak to those values. For many companies that stuff is meaningless boilerplate, but these guys incorporate it into their hiring process and seem to genuinely value what they say they value. Questions asked in the behavioral round directly mapped to each of the values.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online coding problem - Leetcode ranks as medium (I don't want to specify the exact problem in case they want to use it again)
