J'ai postulé via un établissement d'enseignement supérieur ou universitaire. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez IXL Learning (Palo Alto, CA) en avr. 2014
Entretien
Met the first hire for the science product team at a campus career fair -- he was super friendly and excited about the product, and seemed enthusiastic about my background in science (will be graduating soon with 2 Masters degrees in science disciplines). I gave him my resume there, and a hiring manager from IXL contacted me within a few days to sign up for an interview slot during their on-campus recruiting the next week. The interview was only 30 min long, and was with a software engineer who had been at IXL for about 5 years. He only asked a few questions: a bit about my background and why I was interested in the position, what I thought about the IXL website, and to explain a scientific concept to a 3rd grader. I felt pretty good about the interview overall, and a few days later got an email with the written assignment, which I had 1 week to complete. Now waiting to hear back about that.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
I had heard there would be a brain teaser, but I ended up answering 3! (not sure if we just had a lot of extra time, or what). I feel like I shouldn't reveal what the brainteasers were, though...suffice it to say they were pretty fun to figure out!
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 8 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez IXL Learning
Entretien
Process took ~8 weeks in total. Applied through Jobvite, had reference from a current Product Analyst. Got phone interview, no unexpected questions, similar to those described in other Glassdoor reviews, complete with jelly bean brain teaser. Was given job test, which I spent the full week on. Was called in to on-site interview - 3 hours, 3 different people, all very nice and asked fair questions about my background, teaching experience and how I would generate questions for the problem generators. Pretty exhausting though. Was then called into a second on-site interview to meet the other Science Product Analysts and had another interview with the heads of the team. After a few days, was sent email expressing that I was "not a match". I was utterly baffled by this decision, as I'm well qualified for this position, every interview had gone well, and they had expressed several times that they were "very impressed" by my performance. No clue what they're looking for.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Most difficult question was second brain teaser asked at on-site interview.
J'ai postulé via un établissement d'enseignement supérieur ou universitaire. J'ai passé un entretien chez IXL Learning (Los Angeles, CA) en oct. 2014
Entretien
Interviewed during campus recruiting. Interview only lasted 30 minutes and seemed rushed. Recruiters were very friendly and kind but Interviewer was awkward and inexperienced. I wasn't surprised by the question content but thrown off by how uninterested the interviewer appeared.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Demonstrate how you would teach a science concept of your choice to a third grader.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez IXL Learning (Foster City, CA) en juin 2014
Entretien
I applied to the Product Analyst position online without knowing anyone at the company and got notification that I'd be having a phone interview within about a week of my application.
The phone interview had all the standard questions (Why IXL?, etc) in addition to a brain teaser. I was also asked to describe my PhD research as I would to a kid in 4th Grade. I was notified at the end of the phone call that I'd be advancing to the next round, the skills test.
They emailed me the skills test with a few questions for me to answer at home over the space of a week. The questions were, apparently, a fairly good representation of the type of work you'd be doing for the company in this position. I did my best but was a little unsure about how I'd done, but it must have been good enough because within a few days I was notified that I would be advancing to the on-site interview round.
The onsite interview lasted about 2 hours. I met with 3 different people; a math product analyst, a science product analyst and a director. You are just left in one room the whole time while the interviewers come to you, but they give you some puzzles and reading material about the company to keep you entertained while you're waiting. The two product analysts were very heavy on skills questions, very similar to the take-home skills test but you are expected to answer on the spot. You're given an example of a problem that might appear on the website then asked how you would vary difficulty on this problem, what other types of questions you might ask and how you'd make it more engaging. The director asked more typical interview questions about past conflicts/resolutions at work, why I want to work at that company, what experience makes me the ideal candidate, etc.
In the end, I was left feeling unsure how I'd done but didn't feel like I'd said anything too stupid. I didn't get an offer so I don't have any useful advice about what they may be looking for.
