I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Toluna
Interview
Initial interview was technical interview with a senior programmer + RnD leader. Led mostly by the programmer, and focused on checking basic knowledge and programming abilities in the relevant fields.
Then another technical interview with the head of the office branch + team leader of the team I was interviewed to, including a more riddle-like question (including programming the solution).
Then initial proposal + rest of the hiring process was managed by the branch manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In a Binary search tree, given a number X, find the first number in the tree that is bigger than X.
Program the solution in pseudo code.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Toluna (North Andover, MA) in Feb 2015
Interview
1 - Recruiting Agency set it up. 2 - Phone screen, but did not seem useful from applicant or asker perspective with simple theory questions which don't reveal much. No attempt to establish a match to requirements. Got the impression someone lacking in interview experience was handed control of interview process. 3 - At on site interview, same phone interviewer basically escorted me to computer with coding test (not told before hand). Asked to code in "any language". Was making good progress coding with chosen skill (exp 8+ years) but unexpectedly interrupted and escorted out before time. Interviewer who to be appeared younger than me seemed inexperienced but arrogant and presumptive.
Have since gone on to delivering multiple projects in chosen skill.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No questions directly pertaining or truly relevant to job. Only spoke with QA manager following poorly designed coding test
