I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pinterest (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
A recruiter contacted me promptly after I applied and set me up with a phone screen.
I had the onsite about a week later and had 5 sessions with different engineers. Of the five sessions, 3 were coding sessions, one was for design, and one just had behavioral/culture questions.
For each coding session, I was asked one simple algorithm question and then a harder one. I ran out of time on two sessions to complete both questions.
1st round technical phone screening with in 1 hour.
One follow up question was asked.
The problem was not too hard, but it requires you finish really fast without bugs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode 1564. Put Boxes Into the Warehouse I.
Follow up: what is maximum total box sizes.
Recruiter call, tech round, onsite and rejection call. They sent me an email about a week after the last onsite and asked me to schedule a call on the same day. I scheduled a call to listen 30 second long rejection notice. A half of interview rounds were horrible. Interviewers were not prepared and arrogant.
Good experience not the best outcome. Was 1000% sure I completed all coding and sys design but was told didn't get enough signal for the competency round. Overall very organized but not very satisfied with the response.