I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at LaunchDarkly in Sept 2021
Interview
Recruiter reached out via email. Very friendly people overall.
1. hiring manager call
Brief call to align on expectations for role and ask any questions about the company
2. take home exercise
takes 5+ hours to complete
3. multiple interviews
5 calls in total
- 1.5 hours to go over take home and built an additional feature
- 45 minutes to go over a Coderpad problem
- 30 minutes to go over culture and values
- 45 minutes for project deep dive
- 30 minutes for wrap up with hiring manager
Overall impressions are that they care a lot more about technical fit than any other aspect. If you don't think you did well on the two initial technical interviews, I wouldn't bother continuing.
The purpose of the culture interview seemed more to just sell on the positive aspects of the company than to actually evaluate my responses.
They do whiteboarding as part of the interview process, even though hiring-without-whiteboards says they don't which was a bit of a let-down.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coderpad problem was about a DFS algo related to one of their flag features
Take home interview - imagine a small feature that could be added to the take home after you completed it, and then you have to code it out live
Project deep dive was walking through a project you've worked on and engineers asking you questions about it
Had 2 technical screens before panel. Everything was great until the hiring manager interview for the AI team. Hiring manager was very checked out of the interview. She didn't have many questions to ask and she even yawned 3 times, yes I counted, during the interview . To top it off after the interviews, the recruiter ghosted me.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at LaunchDarkly
Interview
Everyone was quick to respond and they shared the interview process up front so I knew what to expect. I had time during the interviews to get to know the members of the engineering team and they helped me feel comfortable in each interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had to perform a live coding exercise that was geared toward the type of problems I would need to solve in the role I was interviewing for.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at LaunchDarkly in Jan 2024
Interview
After applying, I connected with a hiring manager who expressed interest in my background and advanced me to the Take Home exercise. Despite dedicating the entire weekend to the project and submitting it promptly, I received no response. Despite multiple attempts to reach out, they never replied. It's disheartening; a simple acknowledgment would be appreciated. Would not recommend interviewing for this company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Take home exam consisted of an SSE stream where you create a RESTful API exam and student data.