I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Taboola
Accepted offer
Positive experience
Average interview
Application
I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Taboola (Los Angeles, CA) in Dec 2016
Interview
Applied through UCLA ACM, the recruiter contacted me, and I received a take-home test (approx 2 hrs). After passing the take-home test, I had a phone interview with one of the engineers and another one with the engineering lead before an offer was made.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Take-home: JavaScript stuff, standard cracking the coding interview questions
Phone interview: short leetcode easy questions that you need to explain on the spot, a few knowledge-based questions on web dev stuff
Applied online. Went through a phone interview followed by a coding challenge then finally a video call interview and got an offer within that week. All of this happened in 2 weeks. Quick process!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your knowledge/experience with tools they use
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Taboola (Los Angeles, CA) in Feb 2020
Interview
Interview process began with an 20 minute recruiter screen, and then a take home coding challenge. A few weeks later, a video panel interview was scheduled with 2 SWE (mixture of technical and behavior). Technical questions were on the level of Leetcode Easy/Medium.
Personal Notes: Though the recruiting team was generally responsive and helpful through the process, I felt that the SWEs interviewing me didn't want to be there. Interview had to be rescheduled twice since they were too busy, and interviewers arrived late. One of the interviews really displayed his dislike towards me, stopping me when I was coding and basically ended the interview. As a candidate, I did not feel respected and loss interest even before I was rejected.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How did you get into the field of computer science?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Taboola in Dec 2017
Interview
First went through phone screening and given a take-home assignment. Afterwards, given an online/phone interview where I was asked about knowledge of data structures, asynchronous functions, etc. and then given a simple coding task on collaborative code editor.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reverse a string without affecting special characters (optimally)