I applied online. I interviewed at ESPN in Aug 2017
Interview
Phone screen with HR and video call with engineers discussing technical ability, technical experience, work experience, company culture, and other common interview topics. Overall, HR for Disney and ESPN is great and the interview was a pleasant experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your experience working at [insert position]. What technologies did you work with? What problems did you solve? etc.
Phone screen, technical interview, final round interview. Technical interview is live hacckerank style on a zoom call. Overall difficulty is very manageable. Interviewers we’re very nice and knowledgeable. Enjoyable interview experience
Please have a few questions prepared for the interviewers about the role and their environment. They can answer questions regarding the team, projects they are on, day to day responsibilities, an
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at ESPN
Interview
Did a technical interview over the computer. Overall pleasant experience. Did a more general interview going over my resume with one of the developers and did a more technical interview with another developer. Overall not too difficult, fairly straightforward.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at ESPN with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ESPN overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ESPN as a Software Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 22%
Presentation: 22%
Group panel interview: 11%
Other: 11%
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