Nextdoor interview question

Classic interview problems

Interview Answers

Anonymous

24 Nov 2015

Yes, NextDoor has "classic interview problems" as I understand that. I interviewed for 1 hour, was asked to perform a single, simple programming task - a task with follow-up questions which the interviewer admitted were not even remotely relevant to the job. The interviewer would say to take my time, and talk through it, but would interrupt me and talk over me repeatedly. It was a programming tool I'd never used. The interview format, environment and way he handled it, for someone like myself who is very nervous in interviews and doesn't test well, is ideal for showing someone at their worst possible performance. This is basically the same as stage fright, where you forget numbers you've played a million times, forget where you are in the song or how many repeats you were supposed to do, etc. The response was that "the team" decided I "did not meet our technical requirements." Except my technical abilities weren't adequately evaluated and there was no team, but a single person scheduled to talk with me.

Anonymous

23 Jan 2020

Standard coding interview problems have their pros and cons. The pro is the studying you do applied to all the big tech companies as well. This is much more effective use of your time compared to interviews where you do a take home project. Each project is unique and takes 4 + hours and will test various parts of your practical knowledge, which some people may do better in than generic interview problems. Typically the practical take home tests are done by smaller companies who have more time to put towards interviewing.