I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in Nov 2022
Interview
I had one of my best job interview experiences with CZI through which I landed my dream technical job after working in multiple large and small companies! The interview process was by far the best interview experience in my 20 years of career so far! First, the recruiter, Roopali, closely kept me informed every step of the way and also provided great hints helping me throughout. The interviewers were all very much friendly and extremely engaged, the style that I like and appreciate a lot. This is much different from many other places in which you feel the interview is either unmotivated to engage or looking for excuse to fail you! Given this friendly and engaged setup, while the interview questions were mostly not easy or average in general, I managed to work my way through the problem without feeling pressured or unheard at all. In opposite, I felt very engaged and glad in every step. It was as if I am working on a problem with a friend or a colleague.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
After manager screening, the interview involved three coding questions (one via Karat), one design, and one career competency.
We are so glad to hear you enjoyed interviewing with us and felt supported throughout our process. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. Welcome to the CZI team!
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in Sept 2023
Interview
I had Seven interviews with 7 different people/groups. 1- external coding with Karat, 2 - Engineering Mgr, 3- Internal Coding, 4-Internal Coding, 5- System Design Interview, 6- Cross Team Mgr, 7 - Director.
And the the original HR interview. The process took almost 2 months, with the last 5 interviews on 2 consecutive days. At the end they rejected saying interviews 1,3,4 were not up to the mark.
Honestly no one should reach interview 7, if 1, 3, 4 are not satisfactory. It was stressful, time-consuming and disappointing to go through that entire process, when half of it could have been avoided if the rejection was based on early performance. BTW, I did solve the coding ones, altho not optimally.
I must add that all the people I met were very friendly, engaging and a nice , especially the recruiter Tre.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Our intention is to ensure that each candidate has the opportunity to fully showcase their skills, and we are saddened to hear that you felt disappointed at the end of our process. We appreciate your feedback and will continue to work on improving our hiring process.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Interview
* The interview process was well structured and timely * They scheduled a few sizable breaks in between a few interviews which was pretty helpful * The recruiter, Roopali Srivastava, was very helpful in explaining what to expect in each interview and how to prepare * Roopali was very transparent about when they would give feedback, if there are other candidates in consideration, etc * Roopali was also very considerate about my other interviews and allowed me to take my time to weigh my options
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you step out of your job function to aid in the successful completion of a project?