If you are not a technology worker, Groupon may be a great place to work. With failings of the daily deal business model, which still gets much attention, they are trying many new business ideas to see if any stick. There are a number of places for a person's skill set to fit. The building environments in both Palo Alto and Chicago are quite nice.
Groupon tries to present itself as a technology company, which is most definitely not. With its current turnaround plan to become more than just a daily deals site, they are going up against large and established competitors like Amazon or newer, more agile tech companies like Square. The biggest con I see is that there may not be a real future of success.
Behavioral questions and tech questions. Had some good conversations about the technical stuff, like system design and algorithms.
The process starts with an initial phone screen. This is followed by a succession of one-on-one interviews, which will take the whole day. The interview begins with a tour of the office, where you will need to pretend to be impressed by the tacky f
Interviewer was late. They wouldn't proceed with the interview without a camera on, citing cheating on an online test as an issue. This is a great way to kill any kind of trust dynamic within the first couple of minutes. It's a massive red flag for
Behavioral questions and tech questions. Had some good conversations about the technical stuff, like system design and algorithms.
The process starts with an initial phone screen. This is followed by a succession of one-on-one interviews, which will take the whole day. The interview begins with a tour of the office, where you will need to pretend to be impressed by the tacky f
Interviewer was late. They wouldn't proceed with the interview without a camera on, citing cheating on an online test as an issue. This is a great way to kill any kind of trust dynamic within the first couple of minutes. It's a massive red flag for