I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Tubular Labs (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2017
Interview
2 phone interviews:
A technique person contacts me. first, introduce their company and team, then let me introduce one of my projects. At last, ask a coding question. And ask me to wait for the next interview.
A technique person calls me. ask my projects, databases, MySQL, HBase....... then design a method to find the median of a lot of numbers, all numbers are stored in a distributed system, with data nodes.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
system design question. How to calculated median in a distributed data node clusters.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tubular Labs (San Francisco, CA) in May 2022
Interview
Ridiculously long interview process with more rounds than you can imagine and overall compensation is terrible. Interview here if you want to practice your interview skills else there's no point. People are nice and you'll enjoy the conversation but by the end the interviews will wear you out.
You'll also realize that the compensation/offer is mediocre at best
I applied online. I interviewed at Tubular Labs in May 2021
Interview
Very laid back, probably the most relaxed interview I've experienced. The per-interview was really just an introduction to the company and to answer any questions. The second portion involved a coding challenge that must be completed within 4 days.
Polite and well laid out information interview with CTO, followed by take home challenge (est 2-3 hours length, in actuality took much longer). Take home challenge was difficult given the amount of time allocated, clearly they were looking for absolute top tier junior talent.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral questions were not asked of applicants who did not satisfactorily solve the technical challenge
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Tubular Labs with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.5% 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 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Tubular Labs overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Tubular Labs as a Software Engineer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 15%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
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