Good in-hand salary. Lot of freedom to explore and experiment. One can grow fast and get quick promotions.
Does not offer good stock options. Not a great place for guided learning. People are not optimistic about the business model.
Hire senior people with experience and perspective on Groupon.
One HR call - 30 minutes One phone screen - 45 minutes. Four onsite interviews - 1 hour each. A couple of interviewers had very little knowledge of computer science fundamentals and were expecting answers that were incorrect. Ill-structured interview
I talked to a recruiter at a Groupon tech talk. I heard back they wanted me for an on-campus interview with two engineers. Then, I did an onsite where I ate lunch and had two in-person interviews and two remote call interviews. It seemed some of th
I was contacted by a recruiter for the Software Engineer position. The initial round was a phone screen where the interviewer asked me questions based on my skills mentioned on my resume and then presented a coding question. It was pretty straightfo
One HR call - 30 minutes One phone screen - 45 minutes. Four onsite interviews - 1 hour each. A couple of interviewers had very little knowledge of computer science fundamentals and were expecting answers that were incorrect. Ill-structured interview
I talked to a recruiter at a Groupon tech talk. I heard back they wanted me for an on-campus interview with two engineers. Then, I did an onsite where I ate lunch and had two in-person interviews and two remote call interviews. It seemed some of th
I was contacted by a recruiter for the Software Engineer position. The initial round was a phone screen where the interviewer asked me questions based on my skills mentioned on my resume and then presented a coding question. It was pretty straightfo