The process took 3 days. I interviewed at RealSelf in Aug 2018
Interview
Very bad process. A take home test to be completed in 12 hrs. Completed and sent but no feedback at all but an automated email saying they need more experience for this role.
Have given the test twice in 2 years but just got an automated email saying the same message.
Very very bad process of them interviewing people. Maybe they don’t know what they are looking for or they highly negligent in evaluating people on their tests.
I m highly sure I gave the test and completed and gave the right python scripts and sql test. Invested so much time and not getting any feedback and twice in a row is highly frustrating.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a python script to get Twitter api output and print tweets posted by user profile.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at RealSelf (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2020
Interview
I applied online and received a take home assignment to submit in 2 days. Questions were regarding sql, data mining and database design.
I got a senior recruiter call after a week explaining about their benefits and what does the company do. She asked simple questions about past experiences and relevant experience.
After this had a video call with the hiring manager. He asked many behavioural questions and then was given a question to code in python on screen. Few sql questions were asked as well.
Hiring manager, sr recruiter and coordinator were very nice. Specially the coordinator was proactive and responded very well. I really liked their interview process but panicked during the video call. So prepare well if you are someone who gets nervous/lacks confidence during interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data mining question. This was part of take home assignment. Can’t give more details
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at RealSelf (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2020
Interview
I applied online and they sent me a take home assessment which consisted of 3 questions (1 python - scraping data from twitter and doing data manipulations, 1 sql, 1 data modeling question - how will you join tables in Looker. Once I sent my submission, within 2 weeks I got an invite for recruiter screening. The recruiter spoke for 15 minutes and at the end of the call I was told I would be having an one interview with a senior member at the company. The interview with the senior technical member inclined more towards behavioral type. He genuinely wanted to know more about me and lastly he gave one simple python question. Next was a tech screen with the hiring manager. It consists of 3 sql questions and 1 python question. All were easy. Then I was called onsite to their seattle office for an onsite loop which consisted of 5 rounds.
1) Director of Analytics
2) Director of Data Science
3) BI Lead
4) Data Science Lead
5) Business Analyst
Onsite loop were very exhausting as all the rounds were back to back without any intermittent breaks. But if you request, they will happily oblige. All the 5 people were very good. One thing I felt throughout the interview process is that at no point does it get intimidating like other companies. They basically want to know your thinking ability rather than your technical abilities. Onsite interviews was focused on case based business questions. So you will not know if your answer is what they are expecting. I thought I performed well but the next day I got a rejection email.
The recruiting coordinator, Leslie Mills was such a wonderful person. Everytime you get an email from her, you will feel so much positiveness.
Like other companies, they dont give feedback for rejection. I still cannot get the fact that I was rejected.