Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 1 día. Acudí a una entrevista en KAYAK (Cambridge, MA) en mar 2016
Entrevista
Sent resume through recruiter and received programming test. I didn't take the programming test because after my long career, they are below me. The market is hot right now for java developers that I do not need to jump through hoops. Besides, they can reject code for any reason ... if they don't want to tell me what is wrong with the code, then I am not interested.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Exercise #1:
A robot lands on Mars, which happens to be a cartesian grid; assuming that we hand the robot these instructions, such as LFFFRFFFRRFFF, where "L" is a "turn 90 degrees left", "R" is a "turn 90 degrees right", and "F" is "go forward one space, please write control code for the robot such that it ends up at the appropriate-and-correct destination, and include unit tests.
Here is an example output with command "FF":
[0, 2]
Exercise #2:
Part 1:
Write a program that counts in sequential order when given a start and end value - without using any iterative programing loops, i.e. while, for, do, for-each, etc. You can assume that both the start and end values will always be positive and that the start value will always be less then the end value. There should only be one method with the following signature:
void countUp(int start, int end) {
// All code exercise code should go here
}
Here is example output with start=0 and end=5:
0
1
2
3
4
5
Very simple. Not much. It can be improved. It had several bad questions. Some were not working . Their own system was not working well lol. So the interview experience was really bad to be honest. I don’t have much to say.
The interview process was smooth and professional until the final step. Unfortunately, during this stage, the interviewer seemed unprepared, relying solely on my CV for information rather than conducting a structured discussion. The questions felt random rather than tailored to the role, and there was no clear agenda.
Additionally, the interviewer was unaware of the scheduled duration, and the meeting ran twice as long as planned. Even when I pointed out that we had exceeded the allocated time and needed to conclude, the interview continued. Given the professionalism of the earlier stages, I had expected this final step to be equally well-organized.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
How to resolve a conflict between two team members
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 1 semana. Acudí a una entrevista en KAYAK en oct 2024
Entrevista
The recruiter sent me a take-home assignment and require me to finish it within 5 business days. There is no introduction call or other interactions. After I finish the assignment, the recruiter became ghosted and never heard any updates. It seems they are not going to proceed the hiring process. Those assignments are like been sent by bots.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Print your name. Print your answer to the hybrid setting. A hotel booking problem. They gave you all the classes and you need to complete them. Optimize the code to support high concurrency situation.
