The 1-hour coding interview is straightforward. One SWE gave a system design question and asked you to code, run, and debug at CodeSignal. The interviewer was happy to give some hints and helped with debugging. There were several follow-up questions about optimization.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a log system that records information from each camera only if it exceeds 10 seconds, without logging data from the same camera within that 10-second window.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Verkada (San Francisco, CA) in Sept 2019
Interview
They contacted me through Hired to set up an initial phone call with the recruiter. After that call they gave me a take home assignment. I completed the assignment and was then outright rejected with no feedback.
If somebody takes the time to complete an assignment, after already passing the initial phone screen you could, at the very least, provide detailed feedback explaining where they fell short.
1 hour Online Assessment, 30 minutes background screening, 1-hour technical interview (one question), then interview with the manager, finally onsite interview with a combination of behavior questions and technical questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are three things you are looking for in this position?
