Front End Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
Applied through a referral from a friend.
Started with a recruiter screen, then went to a 1-hour technical interview over the phone, and ended with an all-day interview onsite.
Overall, the interview was very practical and mostly involved building things in Javascript, HTML, and CSS.
There were more CSS questions than I expected, so make sure you're comfortable positioning items and building layouts under time constraints and while being watched by an interviewer.
Questions
Build a layout/series of components using HTML/CSS.
Object-oriented design fundamentals in JavaScript. Testing is a big plus.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Thumbtack Front End Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Thumbtack's interview process for their Front End Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Thumbtack's Front End Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
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