The 10 Toughest Tech Companies for Job Interviews

Toughest Tech Companies for Job Interviews

A candidate went through seven interviews. The “exhausting” process was “as much about whether you want to work there, as whether they want you.”

Hardest stage was “a sales mock-up pitch via the phone. … You do need to understand the industry and local market, and be up-to-date with related technologies.”

Candidates are asked to take a lengthy test with six parts to gauge personality, vocabulary, situational analysis, analogies, math ability and word-problem skills.

One contender participated in an on-site interview day that lasted six hours, with eight different staffers.

Thorough but professional, with one candidate citing a “good balance of discussion [about] my experience, skills and my current and future interests.”

Interviewees are grilled on not only tech knowledge but business savvy. “I targeted both my tactical and strategic examples to demonstrate my range,” one candidate says.

Even if you get shortlisted for an on-site interview, don’t expect a full-time offer without an internal reference.

“Most of the interview questions are related to algorithms, problem solving and critical thinking. Interviewers are very friendly.… They focus less on coding and more on general design.”

“I told [the interviewer] about my future plans for Facebook. She said it wasn’t much different from what they have now.”

Candidates should be prepared to dive deeply into obscure areas of Java. The experience “definitely developed my tech-interview skills.”