I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Indeed (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2018
Interview
I went through a campus recruitment event, so only two steps involved: 1) a 30-min technical screen on campus and 2) a 4-round onsite interview.
The screen question was easy-level, so nothing special to talk about. Interviewers were very nice.
For onsite, there were three 1-hour whiteboarding interviews. I would say questions were at least mid-level. All interviewers were nice and willing to communicate. I enjoyed working with them on solving those questions. I can really tell the collaborative culture of Indeed from those interviews.
The last round was a 1.5-hour HankerRank challenge. I would say it's mid-level too. I was able to pass the basic tests, but definitely timed out all scalability tests.
Based on all my interactions with the recruiter, I think he is one of the best HR person I have known so far in my whole life, super nice and responsive with great personalities. He did his best to send us feedback because some of us had offer deadlines back then.
Indeed offered both breakfast and lunch that day, and let alumni join us and answer questions. I am glad I got the offer, because I really want it based on all my experience with Indeed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Since Indeed.com is a search engine, I got very relevant technical questions.
Only did the 1st round. It was a medium Leetcode question. The interview was only for 30 min. Their compiler threw an unexpected error, which even the interviewers couldn't fix
Terrible scheduling. Difficult company to deal with. Will not contact again. Pay was below industry average for the location. Misleading job description. Benefits below standard. Hope everyone avoids this place
In total, there were five interviews. Three of them were more technical and the other two or more about your background. The technical interviews were pretty standard simple to medium Leetcode questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked about how we kept metrics in my previous job. When I told him that this was something we didn’t really do, he continued to harp on this question for the entirety of the interview, as if it was something that would be very difficult for me to learn.