I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Groupon (Seattle, WA) in May 2015
Interview
Had the one Phone interview.Recruiter emailed to setup interview.This part of the process was smooth although delayed.The interviewer calls up 10 minutes late with no sign of an apology.I don't mind waiting on somebody,but I have a busy schedule as well and it would have been nice if the interviewer just acknowledged the fact that he was late.Seemed very uninterested in the interview process overall.Asked no followup questions regarding my work(probably because we didn't have much time as he was late).Asked random open ended CS questions.Again no follow up questions there.Seemed strange as open ended questions are put forth for the singular purpose of discussing.Then the coding problem.I quickly came up with a working problem.I offered to run him through the code but was declined.He read through the code and said "that would work".Opened up the last part for questions.I asked how it was working for groupon compared to his last job.That was it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked a very interesting tree problem.Given a tree and a number N, construct another tree such that each node of the tree has either 0 or N elements,except for one node which has between 0 to N elements.Only other constraint is that ancestry is preserved in the new tree.
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.
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%
Other: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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