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Web Engineer Interview Experience - United States

January 1, 2020
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A phone screen with a recruiter, then a 1-hour interview with a pair programming problem, then a 5-hour interview with 2 technical sessions and 4 personal interviews.

I really enjoyed speaking with everyone I interviewed with, with the exception of my recruiting contact. During the technical portion of my 5-hour interview, I successfully completed the problem. When I asked the interviewers whether they wanted to review my work, they told me that it wasn't necessary because most candidates don't finish in the allotted time.

When the recruiter called me with interview feedback, he said that I had overengineered the problem, which confused me since that wasn't the feedback I was given during the session. When I contacted the recruiter to follow up with questions, my emails were completely ignored. I also emailed the recruiter immediately after my interview to ask for contact info to follow up with and thank some of my interviewers, and that email was also ignored.

I finally received a message from him that seemed to be a form rejection and not a response to anything I had asked in my 3 prior emails that were ignored. I continued trying to reach out because I really did like the employees I spoke with and was frustrated that I wasn't given an avenue to follow up.

Questions

Describe the system design for a website like Medium.

Write a function that outputs a formatted byline given a data object with a list of authors.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the The New York Times Web Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

The New York Times's interview process for their Web Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for The New York Times's Web Engineer interview process in United States.

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