I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at DataRobot
Interview
General interview with in-house recruiter, followed by one technical review and coding challenge, then two more after performing well enough on the first. Overall pleasant, but in-house recruiter was terribly unhelpful and lacked knowledge of his own company. After interviewing for three weeks, absolutely zero feedback in in-house recruiter’s rejection email. I can understand someone cut off just after the preliminary screening, but having gone this deep I would have expected some small amount of feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding challenge involved standard data files system/log analysis in Python
I haven't had an interview, this is just about their application process, which is a bit ridiculous. Their questionnaire contains several oversights that need revising. For manual entry, when entering field of study, their list doesn't include computer science, which is wild given the role they are hiring for is for backend engineer. Additionally, when submitting salary expectations they ask for the currency, but you cannot specify it? The overall system really limits your ability to show any meaningful experience outside of jobs like publications, hackathon projects, etc. High expectations for the candidates, but not for the company.
Candidates applying for Backend Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at DataRobot overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at DataRobot as a Backend Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
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