I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Reddit (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2019
Interview
I got an email late one night asking to meet in person for a first round chat at Reddit headquarters over some coffee.
He was 15 min late (same as another person's review: a hidden test or is always late?). The headquarters was pretty cool though. The interview itself was so open ended, I couldn't get a good feel on what he wanted to hear about. He would interject with "And then what happened??" or ask tangentially related non-sequitur questions, I'm still not sure if their ideal is to roll with it or push back on track. It felt more like an improv exercise than a real interview.
Got a form email rejection 3 days later. I don't think I would have continued interviewing with them if they had moved me to the next level, they seem like a bad place for women to work.
1st phone screen was directly with the head of design. Mostly a casual chat and some lecture about design at Reddit.
2nd interview was a whiteboarding exercise. I think I was denied because my final solution did not agree with the economic and political views of the company. I suggested that public goods should be free.
Recruiter communication is below par at best. Lack of engagement and interest to candidates within the pipeline. I had to reach out a number of times to touch base. The scheduling was also miscommunicated and had a few surprise sessions that weren’t on the official interview schedule.
The interviews themselves were quite engaging. It was with a series of cross-functional partners probing into different collaboration and leadership capabilities.
I was asked to do an additional interview, but I’ve still yet to hear back from the main recruiter or hiring manager about any decision made.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Provide an example of a time where you’ve taken the lead or ownership of a project that included multiple cross-functional partners
1h first round go over your resume 1h whiteboard with senior 1.5h with design peer review and manager The third round and first round kinda overlapped a bit, you have to go through your portfolio multiple times.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How you design transportation(white board) What's difference between figma and adobe xd? What team attract you