I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HubSpot
Interview
Hubspot has always been one of my dream companies to work for. Unfortunately it didn't work out. I talked with a HR person, and did coding challenge in 2hours(given 3hours max time limit). After that I did a video call with the Tech lead, which went well too. Here comes the issue, as I am currently working full-time for my old company, we have a hectic month going on. In my current situation I cannot take a whole day off to fly to MA to attend an in person. I requested them, if they can do the other rounds via video call. Apparently they can't do it, I am sad, I have lost the great opportunity. But the whole interview process so far was a great experience.
Really sorry to hear this couldn't work out, and appreciate the feedback--there are some teams that will do all remote, but in this case it sounds like you were interviewing with core engineering and they do really value the in-person time as part of the candidate experience. Please do keep in touch, thanks for the feedback to help us grow. Sincerely, Katie
Positive experience
Difficult interview
Application
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)