The hiring process at Ivona Software takes an average of 14 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Mandarin Computational Linguist had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Mandarin Computational Linguist roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Ivona Software
Interview
Full day interview on-site, broken into a couple of ~1h sessions. Mainly coding, but also behavioural questions. Company bought me lunch and I could speak a bit to a manager during lunch. Very nice process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever disagreed with your boss but commited anyway?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Ivona Software in Apr 2015
Interview
It's a Skype interview. The interviewer is a linguist, specialising in Syntax. At first general questions about linguistics and then harder questions like coding test. Overall he was being nice and helpful. However the questions I get does not match perfectly with job requirement.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Phonetics and phonology of Mandarin
2. Which is the biggest challenge in my life?
3. Coding interview via an online collaborating website