I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Agoda in Oct 2019
Interview
I had a skype interview in which I was asked a few simple technical questions and probes into my background. The interview went well, but I haven't heard back for a while.
I then mentioned I will be on vacation in Bangkok and could drop by for an interview on-site.
The day of the interview consisted of six 1 hour meetings with different managers from different parts of the organization, some of them were executives.
Unfortunately, there was no structure and seemingly no planning for this process as I was asked random questions about system design, management skills, and coding skills.
Two different interviewers asked me the same whiteboard question in different variations.
In total, I spent most of my time there with the whiteboard, a stressful situation and a one that I wasn't prepared for because I was expecting more to be interviewed about my managerial skills and less about algorithms.
Besides that, I got the sense that some of the interviewers were eager to finish the process as soon as possible. I did not get the impression that these are people I'd want to work with.
I was scheduled for more on-site interviews the next day but canceled them since I figured out Agoda is not a place I want to work at. Needless to say, I didn't get any job offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some variation of breadth-first search in binary trees (whiteboard question asked twice by two different people)
I was supposed to be interviewed for the BE skills, but the interviewer asked mobile development questions. The role required a relocation, but the Interviewer was constantly demotivating about the relocation.
7 interviews of varying levels of difficulty on site and virtual. It was not all equally challenging but I can say it was thorough. I also felt like they were all necessary
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Agoda in Oct 2023
Interview
So unprofessional. Applied for the EM role, got an automated email to sign up for an interview slot which I did. The interview seemed to go ok, mostly just situational questions, but didn't hear back for a week, so I emailed the recruiter and got absolutely no response. Literally over a month later I get an email from a different person saying "oh sorry we are late but we are going to pass". I don't mind that they reject me but just being SILENT for a month is just crazy. If this is the first impression as a candidate, I can't imagine what it is like as an employee.... shesh.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: How did you help someone get promoted?
How do you help quiet people on the team be heard?
Did you ever have to fire someone.
Pretty standard EM questions.
Engineering Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Agoda with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering Manager roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Agoda overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Agoda as a Engineering Manager according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Personality test: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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