I can see why RadiumOne is having difficulty finding good talent. It's the managers who are the problem.
The manager who interviewed me asked technical questions that were not difficult for a seasoned programmer like myself however I detected strong opinions -- never a good sign. Part of being a pro is being flexible. There are often many ways to skin a cat. It is a mistake to think there is only one way to solve any problem.
In this interview, this manager had the gall to ask me if I had been fired from my last job. That is a harsh question presumably meant to show me that I would be foolish to trust him. Not a good sign.
He asked another red flag question: Can you conform to our programming practices? This typically means a company has rather bad standards and has taken flack over it before.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you conform to our programming practices without question?
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at RadiumOne (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Onsite interview with 4 people, 6 hours long. HR just drop me in without any onboarding and welcome words. No lunch so be prepared. The most common question was - ask me a question. Whiteboarding was with a marker with no ink. Nice reject letter with an explanation wit the fourth problem on which we have no time left - geometry problem from 7th grade.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
In a sorted array from 0 to 9,999,999 each element is equal to the sum of the previous element and 1. One element is missing. Find it.
Given a string with four words separated by spaces reverse the order of words in string. In-place, any time complexity. Let's say "foo bar hello world" will be "world hello bar foo"
Two files, each 1Tb. In each row, there are 8 bytes of random data. Find all common elements between the two arrays. You have 8 Gb of memory and 48 hours. Read speed from disk 1Gb = 7 sec. Write is instantaneous.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at RadiumOne overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at RadiumOne as a Software Developer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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