I applied online. I interviewed at Spoken Communications in Aug 2017
Interview
I had an interview with spoken communication in Aug 2017. One recruiter contacted me and asked If I am still interested. Then another recruiter contacted to schedule the phone screen. I kept waiting, nobody called. After 30 minutes some guy called and had the interview.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
DB:
1. Design two SQL tables, that relate to each other, "book" "bookshelf"
2. Write a SQL query to tell me all of the books that belong to bookshelf id 2,3
3. Write a SQL query to tell me all of hte books that belong to any bookshelves that are named "cool_bookshelf"
Write a method that takes a string as a parmeter and returns the reversal of that string as a return type.
// "hello, world" -> "dlrow ,olleh"
// "test" -> "tset"
3. Write a method that takes two collections of characters as a parameters and returns a new Set of distinct elements common between the two collections.
// Give me the intersection of common elements between two data sets.
// ['a', 'a', 'c', 'd'], ['a', 'c']
// -> ['a', 'c']
// ['a', 'a', 'c', 'd'], ['a', 'a', 'c']
// -> ['a','c']
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Spoken Communications (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2016
Interview
Fast, no-nonsense. Friendly folks. Enjoyable experience. People were eager to learn about my history and background. I liked that there were experienced people interviewing me who knew how to appreciate the work I have done in my career so far.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What parts of your work history are you most proud of and why?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Spoken Communications (Seattle, WA)
Interview
The in-person interview (not a phone screen) focused mostly on implementation details, with very little focus on design philosophy or thinking. There were a lot of questions about Java, Javascript, and CSS syntax, although the interviewer also sometimes seemed to accept answers that described the general way I'd do something without being able to produce the exact syntax I'd use. Overall, they seem to be hiring more for familiarity with their particular tech stack than for general experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What specific Javascript function would you use to make an API request?