I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pop Art (Portland, OR) in May 2011
Interview
I came to Pop Art through a recruiter -- not a choice I will make again -- so the communication was very fuzzy, what with everything having to go through a recruiter. However, my interviews at Pop Art were extremely positive. The dev manager at the time, Del Olds, was very warm and engaging, and it felt more like meeting someone interesting at a party than an interview. With the exception of the CEO (who gave a very intimidating interview indeed!), all of the interviews were very relaxed without being shallow. I met the key members of the dev team, and I got a great impression of what it would be like to work there. The only criticism I have of the interview process at that time was that there was no skills test -- I always appreciate being able to show my stuff, and I feel that it's the best way to weed out the clearly unqualified, and let the true pros shine.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The most difficult interview by far was with CEO Steve Rosenbaum. He plays his cards close to the chest and makes you sweat it out! He asked a lot of pointed questions about when you should go above and beyond for a client. The answer he was looking for was one that indicated that you would look out for Pop Art's bottom line, which was not necessarily my first instinct (I always try to go above and beyond -- this was the first time I'd really thought about the cost of doing so to the agency, so this was an instructive discussion for me).
I applied through other source. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Pop Art in Sept 2022
Interview
Phone interview, technical interview (videocall + live coding exercise), turned me down. Two months later I got a call about another round of interviews. After a videocall with the CEO, they strung me along for a week and then ghosted me. Couldn't even be bothered to send me a boilerplate email turning me down.
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Question 1
Coding exercise included getting tests to pass in vanilla JavaScript and building a little stoplight web app with React. I have only nice things to say about the engineer who interviewed me. Having said that, I wish the worst for the CEO, Tom Paul, who couldn't be bothered to even send me a rejection. This behavior is immature and unprofessional. I regret that I allowed him to waste my time.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Pop Art (Portland, OR) in Feb 2016
Interview
I was presented with an interesting Javascript problem and asked how I would approach it. From what I recall, it was a problem relating to the setTimeout function and how to pass in variables. It was more of a conceptual conversation rather than sitting at a keyboard and providing sample code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the first thing you do when you can't solve a programming problem?
