I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at athenahealth (San Mateo, CA) in Jan 2014
Interview
As a senior at Berkeley I was interviewed for a position originally advertised for Epocrates. At the time Epocrates was undergoing a transitionary phase. First I was interviewed by two engineers in person at Berkeley's career center office. I was asked two technical questions over thirty minutes and then later was told I did quite well and that I would hear from them shortly for a followup. About 3 weeks later I got an email saying they wanted to interview me on site. So I took BART and Caltrain to their offices (a pretty significant walk since they did not pick me up from the station) for a 3 hour interview with 3 different employees. I was shown the offices; it was very quiet and actually quite depressing. I heard back from them a month later asking me to schedule another interview on site. When I asked why I was being interviewed again (the email sounded rather odd) the HR person admitted that my application had been lost. It was another week before I heard from them again and by then I had written the company off as a complete waste of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to write a program that could provide several characteristics of a sequence determined by juggling a set of balls. For example, at time t=0 toss a ball from the left hand l that takes 3 seconds to arrive in the other hand, at t=2 toss a ball from the left hand that takes 4 seconds to arrive, etc. I was asked to determine whether a given sequence of steps was repeatable infinitely and to determine the cycle length if so, among a few other characteristics.
I had attended the live coding round. i couldnt remember but it involved array. i get rejected. But it was quite easy for anyone who already aced or practicing leetcode
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at athenahealth
Interview
Rd1: Recruiter
Rd2: HM Interview - 30m
Rd3: Coding Interview - 90m
Rd4: 2x 90m Coding Interview, 1 Behavioral (Virtual Onsite)
To put it in one sentence, Athenahealth’s interview process is significantly flawed and out of touch. Expect 4.5-6 HOURS of rigorous coding round interviews where you must complete fully optimized working solutions.There’s no care for how, or why you solved the problem. Just get every test case passing, and you’ve got a job. It’s clear this company is more keen on hiring a leetcoder, rather than trying to identify real talent. Other than the HM interview, no other opportunities are given to meet your potential coworkers. Expect to hop on a call with a stone wall of an interviewer, and have no intro’s or icebreaker. This was probably the biggest red flag of all.
Do better athenahealth..
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Summation of numbers across data sets,
2. Run validation logic against multiple list inputs
3. Print hierarchical structure of data sets
4. Find nearest point on a graph
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at athenahealth in Mar 2025
Interview
I had a 15-minute recruiter phone screen, followed by a scheduled call with the hiring manager. During the call, the hiring manager was dismissive and repeatedly tried to downplay the achievements listed on my résumé. She was rude and kept challenging everything I said, trying to make it seem like my accomplishments were insignificant. I never received any feedback from either the recruiter or the hiring manager, they simply ghosted me. Overall, it was a terrible hiring experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They review your resume in detail and ask many questions about what you did, how you did it, and why, digging into the specifics of your past roles.
