J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 1 semaine. J'ai passé un entretien chez Headspace (Santa Monica, CA) en mai 2016
Entretien
An internal recruiter reached out to me about an opening on one of their teams. We discussed the company, the role, and what I was looking for in my next job. The recruiter and I discussed salary and I was assured this would not be an issue.
Google Hangout for a technical screen, then an all-day in person interview with a variety of engineers and other employees. Several days later, I heard back from the recruiter with an offer that was ~30k below what we had discussed in the initial phone call. Headspace was unwilling to come up, I was unwilling to come down. Ultimately, I accepted a job offer from another company for ~35 more than Headspace offered.
Take what the recruiter tells you with a large grain of salt. Don't let them waste your time with bait & switch -- it's a candidate's market.
Pretty standard process overall. An initial screen using a third party, then a three round panel. Standard DSA questions, probably around the medium to hard range compared to leet code.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Asked me some questions about my resume and experience
J'ai postulé via une autre source. J'ai passé un entretien chez Headspace
Entretien
SLEAZY RECRUITER RESCINDED OFFER
I went through final rounds and got a written offer with a deadline. Before that, the recruiter called me out of the blue past work hours. When I returned his call the next morning, he pushed aggressively for a comp number. He made weird personal comments about my unemployment and finances, which felt totally inappropriate.
I kept it professional, declined to give a number, and moved the conversation to email. He sent the offer, I gave a reasonable counter, and then…silence. I followed up, got vague replies, and then the offer was quietly pulled with no explanation (still within the active window).
It felt less like negotiation and more like retaliation.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Recruiter asked: "Do you not know how to read a job description? Why don't you say a number first? The ranges are right on the job description."
I was contacted by a recruiter, who forwarded my résumé to the hiring manager. I went through a culture fit and role-specific interview with the manager. Went through a live Coding challenge that included unit tests, but I heard of other candidates getting LC-based easy challenges and expected to solve multiple ones.
Then a System Design interview with a lead engineer.
And in my case, I was also interviewed by upper management.
I heard that sometimes there's also a take-home project step.
Every interaction was extremely positive. All great people.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Behavior-based expecting a STAR response: Describe a time where you disagreed with another engineer, and how you solved it.
Solve random easy Leetcode-type challenges, but expecting candidates to solve more than one.
Standard Sys Design interview