I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Realtor.com (Washington, DC)
Interview
The hiring manager interview for a backend engineer role at Realtor.com was unfortunately a poor experience. Despite clearly outlining my backend expertise, the interviewer persistently focused on ML, leading to a significant mismatch with the role's expectations conveyed by the recruiter. The interaction felt unproductive and somewhat unwelcoming.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How is the feature store designed and how does ML process data within it?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Realtor.com (Kelowna, BC) in Jun 2022
Interview
The interview process was quite thorough from a technical perspective, and in line with what you would expect from most large companies. Some positive highlights were the opportunity to have a quick chat with people I would work directly with, having the opportunity to understand the culture of the company as well as an interview process allows, and at least touch base with people in related areas to the main daily work thread.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview questions were in line with standard market practices, with also some open ended conversations. Be prepared to talk clearly about previous projects, and make sure to brush up on general algorithms development and problem solving.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Realtor.com (Toronto, ON) in Apr 2021
Interview
30 minute introduction with recruiter and then had another interview with the hiring manager that lasted another 30ish minutes.
The process was fine until it got to the hiring manager which basically described a different job all together when I was talking with him. Realtor should really understand what they are writing down on the job description because dart and Kotlin are two different things.
The hiring manager said it's fine to not know Dart but I felt uneasy and like they were hiding something during the entire interview.
They were also very pushy about "knowing" your thought process when I was basically asked a leetcode question right near the ending of the introduction interview which is incredibly unprofessional.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What experience do you have with working on the associated technologies in the job description?