I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Groupon (Dublin, Dublin) in Apr 2015
Interview
First screen interview was a phone interview with HR which consisted of me going through my CV, why I had applied and what I knew about the company.
Second was a technical interview but wasn't that challenging as I was asked at a high level how I would design a system. No programming questions where asked which I found a bit odd.
Got invited to come into the office for a 4 hour interview. Got to the office only to find out Groupon don't have a reception (there is one for the building but that just got me to the right floor) so I had to ask some random employee walking past to get someone from HR for me.
Had an hour each with the 4 interviewers which were all technical based interviews and all but one didn't involve using the whiteboard. Got asked to code up on the whiteboard a collection without using the inbuilt one, some data structures questions, basic Unix questions and at a high level how would I design a system architecture. I found all the interviewers very friendly and helpful (one of them was less so) by helping you along with the questions.
There were two interview rounds in total:
Technical Round: Focused on Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA), along with some general technical questions.
HR + Technical Round: Included HR discussions, a few technical questions, and also one DSA problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In DSA they asked, one backtracking question(Standard sudoku)
Few java questions, some questions from my personal project and also one binary search question in second round.
Easy and interview process. The recruiter was super responsive and friendly. My position was for the SDE Frontend.
- Basic and some advanced-level JavaScript questions.
- System design.
- Behavioural.
Got an offer in just 2 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
JavaScript - hoisting, closures, and all other core concepts.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Groupon (Bengaluru) in May 2020
Interview
Positive Interview experience.
5 Rounds including coding on Hackerrank
Interviewers have a discussion to know about the skills and experience rather than asking some questions off Google or some blogs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please discuss about your current project and what is your role in the team.