I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Coalition (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2024
Interview
I applied through their website and Dave, the recruiter, reached out to me through email for a quick call. We talked about the role, and my past experience and then set up a technical interview for a week later. After the first technical interview I spoke with Dave again who gave me feedback on the first interview and set up a second technical round. The technical problems were straight forward and not super hard, but these interviews also asked behavioural and culture fit questions.
After passing both technical interviews, Dave reached out again and set up an interview with the hiring manager. This was a classic "Tell me about a time" question type interview. The whole process took less than a month and was quite quick, everyone was super nice and helpful.
In my particular case, I had some trouble with my paperwork, which delayed my start date but the recruitment team was very accommodating and supported me through the whole process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time that you missed a deadline and how did you handle it.
I only had an HR call, but the experience was very unprofessional. I greeted to him at the beginning, but he ignored me and directly started asking questions. At the end, he even hung up while I was still speaking. They were extremely rude and shows no respect.
I submitted my application and then was contacted by someone from the company. I did the first phone/behavioral interview but did not get to move past the first round of the interview.
My recruiter was awesome - scheduled quick calls before each round to tell me what to expect and answer my questions. I had 4 interviews (technical screen + onsite consisting of technical, behavioral, and a deep dive of a project I had worked on in the past). Interviews were all very collaborative and I felt like the interviewers genuinely wanted me to succeed. I had great communication throughout the entire process and felt well supported.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Coalition with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 16 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Coalition overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Coalition as a Software Engineer according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 27%
Background check: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Personality test: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
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