Software Engineer Interview Experience - Newton, Massachusetts
Process
I emailed my resume to a TripAdvisor technical recruiter near the end of December. I received a response less than a week later and went through three phone screens, two of which were technical.
I was asked questions pertaining to basic data structures and algorithms, including hash tables, binary trees, and sorting.
I was then flown out to Boston for an on-site interview, which consisted of five 1:1 technical interviews followed by an HR interview.
During the technical interviews, I was asked to implement common data structures/algorithms on the whiteboard, such as BST insertion, search, and bit vectors. The last technical interview focused on probability teasers.
I was also given an impromptu tour of the office. Overall, all of my interviewers were fairly knowledgeable and generally easy to talk to. The office space was nice, with its many common rooms (some fully stocked with snacks and drinks), a game room, and decent-sized cubicles.
Questions
How would you implement a bit vector data structure, optimizing for memory?
How would you implement a Binary Search Tree?
What are the properties of a good hash?
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Tripadvisor Work Experiences
- 5.0Fast-paced, self-driven, flexible, and funSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNewton, Massachusetts, United StatesAugust 22, 2013Pros: Flexible work schedule, interesting and broad engineering work will keep you interested for a long time. All sorts of perks and free snacks. People are nice and laid back (at least the people I have seen and worked with).Cons: Moves really fast, with a considerable amount of pressure (good or bad). It is in Newton, and the new building will be even further away from the city.
- 3.0Used to have a great cultureSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNewton, Massachusetts, United StatesJanuary 20, 2015Pros: Coworkers are very intelligent. Flexible work schedule. Standard perks: beer and wine at happy hour, foosball table and video games, food all the time. About to move into a giant new headquarters.Cons: Engineering culture has become very fragmented. In the years since I started, the social community has faded, and it's harder to connect with engineers outside of your team. It's harder than it should be to switch teams, and hard to figure out how to advance your career.
- 5.0High standards and great benefitsSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNewton, Massachusetts, United StatesApril 4, 2013Pros: As an engineer, I actually enjoyed the requirement for all code to be peer-reviewed. You can learn faster, and you know that everything going out the door is quality work. The benefits package is excellent. I loved the recreational travel reimbursement.Cons: The only con would be that there is no longer a dedicated UI team. Each engineer is responsible for their own UI, with varying results. My understanding is they broke up the UI team a few years ago in favor of the "speed wins" mantra.
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