I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IXL Learning in Apr 2024
Interview
The recruiter was very nice and helpful, and she seemed enthusiastic about my background.
First round was a live-coding exercise with the hiring manager. HM did not ask me anything about my background or previous skills/experience.
The code question was a HackerRank-style problem involving in-place array manipulation by keeping track of array subsets. The question was not overly difficult to understand and I was able to write a working solution, but the interviewer only gave the prompt verbally and included unnecessary information in an attempt to see if a candidate would ignore extraneous details to get to the core of the problem. Furthermore, the interviewer stated they would give NO help during the coding session and would not say one way or another if the code was 'good' or 'bad',
The entire endeavor felt like it could have been a 1-hour timed HackerRank quiz instead of a live-code session.
Furthermore, as of May 2024 I don't believe IXL is actively hiring, as they have been re-posting the same jobs over and over for months. Please be aware of this when applying!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Modify an input array of strings in-place so that all subsets are 'complete'
Lengthy interview process with a super day at the end. 4 OAs to complete, all of these being quite easy. Then you move on to a technical round which you can solve if you practice enough leetcode hards. Final round is 3 technical interviews and a behavioral. I recommend reviewing priority queues.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my resume and about one specific project that I worked on and what I learned.
Leetcode question live with a engineer that was related to data structures and algorithms. around 30 minutes. On zoom. They gave special link to do the exam on and they told you question and let you run it .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode questions similar to medium/hard level (stuff with hash maps)
There are multiple rounds. Starts with a phone call with a recruiter. After that, there is a technical round with an engineer, Then after that, it was three back to back technical rounds in the same day.
