Recruiting Process: 2 stars

I submitted an application online and waited for about three weeks. I ended up contacting a recruiter to inquire why I hadn't received a confirmation of my application submission. She then directed me to two external links to fill out, which was a little frustrating.

I was then contacted immediately by another recruiter who asked me to provide five free dates for an interview. I emailed her that day, and she didn't respond for two weeks. I emailed her again, and she asked for more dates. She set up an interview the week before finals week. This was also frustrating because all the dates I had previously given her were for much earlier in the month.

I asked my recruiter to update my resume on file, but this information was not relayed to the interviewers.

Interview Process: 3.5 stars

I had two 45-minute technical phone interviews. The first one was very awkward, and I felt pretty uncomfortable with the interviewer. She was nice but didn't provide any introduction to the technical question (in terms of the data structure I was using, etc.), which forced me to ask a lot of questions that I otherwise wouldn't have had to ask and made me feel super flustered. The interview was also cut short by 10 minutes; I don't know why. She asked me questions that were on my old resume, not the new one I sent in, so that was frustrating (although not her fault).

The second interviewer was very nice, experienced, and made me feel very comfortable over the phone. We got through three questions, and when I was stuck, he would ask me leading questions about the problem. I had a very good experience with him.

Follow-up: 4 stars

My recruiter called and left a message, and then sent me an email with very vague feedback. I ended up getting an offer to apply for "CodeU," although I'm not sure what that is exactly. Overall, I thought the process was a waste of time when other companies are much more responsive and quick to follow up.

For reference, I am a sophomore.

I recommend going over linked lists, recursion, and string manipulation. The questions were extremely straightforward, and you should be able to answer them if you took a beginner's algorithms class.