I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at HubSpot (Boston, MA) in Aug 2021
Interview
I was referred to by a friend who works at the company. The entire interview process was straightforward and the interviewers were great. However the recruiter took too long to move me forward through each stage. I was told that the entire interview process was only going to take 3-4 weeks, but it took 4 months instead. When contacting my recruiter about updates for my application, I was left in the dark after asking about my application status and did not get a response until months later about potentially moving forward with the interview process. As a person that got referred, I would have expected that the recruiters would follow through with their time estimates and would be transparent about what's going on with their candidates. It shouldn't take this long for a candidate to go through the whole interview process.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at HubSpot (London, England)
Interview
I went through several rounds, including an initial screening, a technical assessment, and follow-up interviews. The process was well structured, but I found the technical part challenging because it required both problem-solving and clear communication under time pressure. The interviewers were professional, and the questions were relevant to the role. Although I did not receive an offer, the experience was still valuable and helped me understand the company’s expectations better.
Coding assessment with multiple levels. levels open up as you pass them. Time constraints looked tight. I could not get through all levels. It was related to Designing banking system.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at HubSpot (Dublin, Dublin)
Interview
Consists of an Online Assessment, followed by 3 rounds (2 System Design, 1 coding)
One of the System Design interviewer was less experienced (with an experienced shadow interviewer). I feel like they didn't drive it correctly, didn't ask me the right follow-up questions and eventually gave negative feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online Assessment: Multi-part question involving incremental development of a memory cache database
System Design 1: Design a weather widget to get data from upstream and display to customers
Coding Round: Incremental question involving API calls to get data, parse and do calculation
System Design 2: Design video streaming system (like Netflix)
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at HubSpot with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 142 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HubSpot overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HubSpot as a Software Engineer according to 142 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 17%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 9%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
Background check: 1%
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