The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HubSpot (Dublin, Dublin)
Interview
This may be a very easy interview if you have the specific experience tested. HubSpot only appear to ask canditates 2 main questions of the same 3-4 questions repeated in other comments. The questions test your experience in basic application design, some experience with REST, RDBMS, and optimisation. For the optimisation, the questions require high-level answers like propsing implementing a cache, as opposed to time/space complexitiy questions.
Giving the appropiate answer on both these main questions quickly seems to be by far the most important aspect of the interview. I had not prepared well for other questions on my job experience, but the feedback I received focused only on the 2 whiteboard questions. As I said the other questions don't seem to be very important, but I'd recommend preparing some likely answers using the STAR technique. I did this after my interview and was able to come up which much better answers to the ones I gave at the time.
I was hinted at by the recuiter to research the answers to the questions they ask. In hindsight I wish I had done this better, as the questions are relatively simple, but you are given little time or scope to improvise during the interview.
There is also a pre-interview test, I won't write much about here, the details are covered in several of the other comments. That test appears to be mainly about how fast you can finish. The code I ended up submitting for this was nothing to be proud of, but was submitted fast enough to get me to the next phase.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
What technolgies have you incorporated within a team?
Whiteboard: Design a data model for storing users, friend lists, and posts (small messages). Design an API for fetching a paged list of time-ordered posts from a user's friends (like a lightweight twitter)
I applied through university. I interviewed at HubSpot (London, England)
Interview
I went through several rounds, including an initial screening, a technical assessment, and follow-up interviews. The process was well structured, but I found the technical part challenging because it required both problem-solving and clear communication under time pressure. The interviewers were professional, and the questions were relevant to the role. Although I did not receive an offer, the experience was still valuable and helped me understand the company’s expectations better.
Coding assessment with multiple levels. levels open up as you pass them. Time constraints looked tight. I could not get through all levels. It was related to Designing banking system.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at HubSpot (Dublin, Dublin)
Interview
Consists of an Online Assessment, followed by 3 rounds (2 System Design, 1 coding)
One of the System Design interviewer was less experienced (with an experienced shadow interviewer). I feel like they didn't drive it correctly, didn't ask me the right follow-up questions and eventually gave negative feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online Assessment: Multi-part question involving incremental development of a memory cache database
System Design 1: Design a weather widget to get data from upstream and display to customers
Coding Round: Incremental question involving API calls to get data, parse and do calculation
System Design 2: Design video streaming system (like Netflix)