Working at Duolingo has been nothing short of amazing. I've had an opinion on everything that I've worked on since I've started. I work on a really great team of developers, designers, and PMs, and working so closely every day, we've formed some great bonds. Many of my coworkers I consider close friends.
The open office makes it easy to get to know everyone and become familiar with almost everyone you're working with.
I can't think of any downsides to working at Duolingo.
Like others you can find on here, I had a quick non-technical call about my background and all that standard stuff, and then was given a coding assignment to complete on my own time. I then worked for a solid week on it (nights and weekends anyway;
I applied through Handshake. They asked for a resume and some short response questions. I was then invited to take a 120-minute online coding assessment consisting of two questions.
First, there are two phone interviews where you are asked standard Cracking the Coding Interview type questions. You write code in an online text editor with a REPL while talking to the engineer over the phone. Then, you're invited on-site. You're g
Like others you can find on here, I had a quick non-technical call about my background and all that standard stuff, and then was given a coding assignment to complete on my own time. I then worked for a solid week on it (nights and weekends anyway;
I applied through Handshake. They asked for a resume and some short response questions. I was then invited to take a 120-minute online coding assessment consisting of two questions.
First, there are two phone interviews where you are asked standard Cracking the Coding Interview type questions. You write code in an online text editor with a REPL while talking to the engineer over the phone. Then, you're invited on-site. You're g