Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Groupon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 84 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Groupon overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Groupon as a Software Engineer according to 84 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 37%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 17%
Group panel interview: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Drug test: 1%
Other: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Groupon (San Jose, CA)
Interview
I contacted a recruiter through Linkedin, and we quickly set up a technical phone interview that consisted of basic programming questions (string formatting, tree traversal). The onsite round was multiple technical interviews with software engineers from various groups. The questions were all typical programming assignments, but I was surprised that I never heard back from them afterwards. Despite this, I will be grading this as an "easy" interview; my guess is I was turned down for non-skills related reasons.
One thing noted in an earlier review was the reimbursement process - I also experienced issues with this, and it took quite some time to get paid back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions are all basic programming tasks:
-A to I
-Tree traversal
-App design
Coderbyte test, Problem Solving Coding Data Structures, Low Level Design +High Level Design Database design class modelling , Hiring Manager discussion around behaviour and technical skills. Difficulty level medium to hard
I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Groupon in Jun 2023
Interview
The process was like any other organization. It was fine. Nothing much to explain. It started with HR Discussion, followed by Technical Round which was about 45 minutes. Overall process was Satisfactory
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sort arrays of 0's, 1's and 2's Write polyfill for memoize function Output based javascript
I had a virtual on-site, it was long with multiple rounds. One round involved coding; another round involved debugging an application. Overall friendly but depends on who you interview with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked behavioral questions like explaining a time I had difficulty with a coworker; I was asked to solve a coding challenge; I was asked to debug an application.