Spoke with both business and technical representatives. Answered some SQL-based questions. Overall, the interviewers were very friendly and seemed to really care what I had to bring to the table.
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Question 1
Basic SQL-type questions, asking about selecting data from a dataset.
I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at MyBuys in Apr 2013
Interview
With MyBuys I went through three phases of interviews. The first interview was to get to know me, the second two interviews were about team fit and technical aptitude. I found this division of interviews to be helpful as it allowed me to focus on each of the major areas that I felt were important for evaluating how much I wanted to work for the company.
I was able to ask all of my prepared questions and follow on questions without feeling any time pressure. I found the answers to my questions to be what I was looking for.
Getting to meet people during the interview process was also exciting as it exposed me to the very determined and exciting culture that I expect in a start up company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"What are your views on Optimization? How would you approach Optimization?"
I applied online. I interviewed at MyBuys (Ann Arbor, MI) in Jul 2015
Interview
Disappointing. Very rude laughing from impromptu interviewer when he saw I was a woman of color with an Asian married name. Called from a meeting, said he was making up a test question for me out of his mind. No follow-up email for 2 weeks, said most in that position had no prior programming experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write code to sort and print this array [10, 1, 9, 8, 7, 1, 6, 2, 3] in ascending order, with statement making sure repeating values are only printed once.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at MyBuys in Jun 2014
Interview
The interview was 30 mins on the phone with one of the senior engineers, followed by about 5 hours onsite. All went great via the phone, got called in, aced it with 4 engineers. Then spoke with a Dir (went good from my point of view). The recruiter emailed me that they gave all thumbs up. The final talk with a CTO who was previously on vacation. Met him for an hour, they promised to get back to me within about a week. Today I got an email from the recruiter that they declined, "not enough machine learning experience" (I got 3.5 years of practical success)... I've heard from some of the engs that their process is slow, many good candidates didn't make it due to that. Even though I was not shocked to get shot down, I attribute this twist on the CTO 100%. I was kind of warned of that by some engs, that he is not an easy one for many reasons. Overall, while the place looked OK, it felt empty, not vibrant, and given they have some serious competition from RocketFuel and others I wouldn't bet my house on it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about matrix optimization, previous projects, collections framework, random campaigns selections.
