I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu, HI) in Aug 2019
Interview
Initial technical interview via web cam. Then flying in from the continental US to Honolulu. Candidate is expected to spend 6 hours in the plane, and upon landing to head directly to the interview site, to be grilled for 3 hours by 3 different groups. Technical interview is last. For the last group you sit in front of 3/4 different people who ask very specific questions, not shy of showing you wrong, and they are right, and testing you on a white board (no dev environment). At the end I was totally drained that I could not even answer the simplest questions which would have been fine in normal circumstances. I guess it depends on your personality. At the end of the interview I felt that none of the interviewers had asked the right questions, and that they did not know me at all. I did not even get a chance to speak about the projects I had worked on. I had high expectations about this opportunity, but will not regret it since I have been offered a higher paid position at a different company.
Lastly, be warned that taxi from/to your home address to/from the airport is NOT a reimbursable expense.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have any questions? (last group, after having your questions answered by the two previous groups)
I applied online. I interviewed at Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu, HI) in Jan 2021
Interview
I was reached out by one of Hawaiian Airlines recruiter almost 2.5 months after my initial application. I had a phone interview with the recruiter who described the company, the position and the interview process. She specifically mentioned that the interview process is quick and that they are trying to hire someone to the available role as soon as possible.
My second interview was with two mid/senior level Software Engineers who asked me lots of technical questions including but not limited to concepts of OOP, Data Structures, and scenario based questions. I was invited to the third round of interviews and this time I was scheduled to have 1 hour interview with the technical team and and 1 hour interview with the hiring managers. Both of these interviews went well and consisted mostly of technical questions and only one coding challenge.
I thought I did really well in the interview process but what really made me dislike the company was the lack of communication after the interview. The recruiter totally ghosted me, not responding to a single of my queries. After 6 weeks, I still have not hear anything back. It was almost like they decided to completely ignore me.
I think if anyone dedicates 3-4 hours of their time interviewing for any company, the least they deserve is a simple email updating them on the status. The fact that they disrespect job-seekers by not communicating with them is a big red flag for me. Maybe others have had different experience with Hawaiian Airlines but from what I experienced I would advise you to stay away from this company.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Hawaiian Airlines overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Hawaiian Airlines as a Software Development Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
Background check: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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