I applied through other source. I interviewed at Twitch
Interview
I was contacted by the hiring manager via email. I had just started looking for new opportunities so it was really good timing. I went through a phone screen. The interviewers on the phone seemed unprepared and unsure of the question they were asking. They were quite professional though. I heard back within a week that they wanted to invite me for an onsite interview. There was some confusion with scheduling the onsite. They had planned to have a recruiting event initially but they scratched that and decided to go with the traditional way of interviewing onsite.
For my onsite, I first met with the hiring manager who gave me an overview of what the day would look like. Most interviews started on time. One of the interviewers was doing a remote call and the interviewer before him wasn't aware of this so my interview started a little late. All the interviewers were pretty nice. I had a lunch break with the team. Lunch was quite casual and a good opportunity to meet the rest of the team. Overall I had 3 coding rounds, one of which was domain specific and design oriented, 1 interview with a product manager and 1 hiring manager round. It was a pretty exhausting day.
I heard back about my results the next business day. They may have expedited the process as I was also interviewing with other companies and already had an offer on hand. I declined the offer because I got a better opportunity elsewhere.
I had a really good impression of the company and the team I interviewed with. The issues came after my interviews were done. I am still waiting to get reimbursed 2.5 months after the onsite interview!! I have followed up numerous times about this. Initially the recruiting coordinator had forgotten to submit the expenses, when she realized that she said she tried to expedite it and they will send me the reimbursement. But I am still waiting. I have heard many other candidates have a similar experience with Amazon and considering Twitch is owned by Amazon I am not surprised. This definitely makes me hesitant of interviewing with them again or recommending them to my friends.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked algorithms questions for the coding rounds. The design round focused on writing domain specific code after discussing the design. The product manager interview was gauging how I communicate with other non-engineers in the team. Hiring manager round had standard behavioral questions.
I passed the Codesignal pre-screen and was invited to an intro call. The intro call included behavioral questions which I didn’t expect so I was not able to give good answers. The recruiter seemed cold and disengaged, he did not answer my email about interview process and did not turn on camera during the call, probably typical for big companies due to high volume of candidates.
At first I got the call from the recruiter for the screening process. Asked about the things on the resume work I did before. Then progressed to assesment round that consisted of OOPS coding question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
one OOPS coding question was given in the OA 2 hrs max.
A recruiter reached out and described the role, sent out an online CodeSignal assessment. Afterwards waited a few days to receive invite to a 45-minute technical interview with the hiring manager.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Twitch with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 41% positive. To compare, the company-average is 43.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 80 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Twitch overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Twitch as a Software Engineer according to 80 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 12%
Presentation: 10%
Group panel interview: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 1%
Background check: 1%
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