Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at hibooks as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Editor and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Editor and roles were rated as the easiest.
Very thorough but lengthy process.
Three in-person interviews and two by phone (with different staff members). It took a while but I appreciated the fact they were weighing up the fit.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at hibooks
Interview
They expect you to know how to use 100% of debugging tools. The first step is to apply for a remote interview, then you make a test (piece of cake) and then you go to the live coding, that part is not so difficult but the expect you to explain what you are doing and why.
I applied online. I interviewed at hibooks (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2018
Interview
I was notified by headhunter directly to have an on-site interview. I had three rounds with people from different groups including COO, Head of Engineer and HR people. The interviews with Head of Engineer and HR go smoothly, our conversation focuses on recommendation system and team culture. The conversation with COO is the most awful experience I ever had, she's pretty distracted that she didn't pay attention to our discussion and reply. The phone rings during our conversation, and she stared at her laptop without any eye contact.
The funny thing is when we discussed how we can build recommendation system, it seems that she know nothing about recommendation system. One surprising question I was asked is "how you can bring your previous experience to our team", it surprised me because I have spent 20 mins on my previous projects and proposed methods to build recommendation system. I don't understand why interviewer asks questions that she has no idea and basic knowledge at all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What data is needed to build a recommendation system
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