I applied online. I interviewed at Lytro (Mountain View, CA)
Interview
Recruiter call followed by technical phone screen and subsequent onsite interview. Onsite interview was about 4 hours long and I met with 4 different engineers for whiteboarding questions. Interview questions were not overly difficult and involved basic algorithms/architecture questions and writing C++ code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Read a block of C++ code and determine the output.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Lytro in Apr 2014
Interview
2 interviews
A engineer in the team give me a call know more about my background and if i have the required skills
Second call was technical. Another engineer asked me to develop in an shared interface. (algo questions based on char* and image)
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Lytro interviews FAQs
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Lytro with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software 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 Lytro overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Lytro as a Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Group panel interview: 20%
Background check: 20%
Skills test: 20%
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