I applied online. I interviewed at Xcalar in Jul 2020
Interview
Interview process took around one week. I spoke with three people in total.
Second interviewer just was not interested to listen me, just waited till I will finish introduction and giving no time to ask any questions he just jumped into coding challenge.
He was not interesting in process at all. I had to ask if he is still there couple times. Closer to the end of interview he hurry me up - "it's fine, no need to finish it", at this point I ignored him and was able to get it done.
Next day I got a reply "After reviewing your background and experience, we do not see a strong match at this time" which is an absolute lie.
I do not recommend considering any opportunities at xcalar.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement csv to json parser with escaping some characters.
I applied through other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Xcalar (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2020
Interview
Interviewer reached out directly. Spent 20 min grilling me around details on how to do program management with JIRA and specifically which tools I would use - with no mention of how they did it themselves. At that point, I asked to learn more about the opportunity - which was very vague - organize things, people. No job on careers site. Suspect it was a way to get free consulting.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Xcalar (Longmont, CO) in Jul 2019
Interview
I received an email requesting an interview after posting my resume to a job site. The interview was online and two hours. It was only technical with little or no opportunity to ask about the company.