Software Engineer, Backend applicants have rated the interview process at Groupon with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer, Backend roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 2 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, Backend according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Groupon
Interview
The interview process is pretty straight forward.
Expect 1-2 phone interviews. I had one phone screen Questions around your projects, experience, standard algorithm questions.
Onsite Interview:
Total 5 rounds. Each round is an hour. Nothing out of ordinary. One of the rounds will expect you to explain your projects in detail with whiteboard. One algorithms round. one round might be specific to the team and couple of design rounds.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Groupon (Palo Alto, CA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Got an on-campus interview two days after talking to a recruiter at the college career fair. A week later they emailed me saying I've passed to the final round interviews. Had 3 Skype interviews back-to-back, each one an hour long a couple of weeks later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain how you would handle a large amount of data, given you have a limited amount of memory.