Bold Penguin Interview Questions
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First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Bold Penguin.
Bold Penguin
Software Engineer
Mid Easy Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
Got referred for the role. They said the process is way shorter now, all remote. Took less than a month total. First up was a basic screening call about my background and skills. Got an email with a PDF outlining the whole process. Then, a technical interview for a Ruby dev role. It was a 1-hour live coding session with two senior engineers. Pretty practical, no crazy DSA stuff. Last was a behavioral chat with the hiring manager and product owner. Nice conversation. Didn't get an offer, but heard back pretty quickly. Overall, it was a smooth, pleasant experience.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Could you describe implementing classes and methods for a real-world game, focusing on a Test Driven Development approach?
- How did you approach object-oriented design during the coding exercise?
Bold Penguin
Customer Success Manager
Mid Easy Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
The interview process started with a phone screening, followed by two video interviews with the supervisor and team members. The whole thing wrapped up in under two weeks. The interviews felt pretty relaxed, and the interviewers were really open and gave detailed answers when I asked them stuff.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Can you describe how you've previously contributed to customer success?
- Describe a situation where you realized a customer's expectations were unachievable and how you managed it.
- How do you cope with a high-pressure workload?
Bold Penguin
Front End Engineer
Senior Average Negative experience No offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home Onsite Background check Offer
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral
They laid out the process at the start. I ended up doing six interviews over video calls. On top of that, I spent about a week, in the evenings, coding a program for them to check out. I felt like all the interviews went great. After the last one, I had to reach out to find out I didn't get an offer because "being at the same organization for quite some time... would be a challenge here in terms of pivoting quickly". So they saw my long tenure at my last job as a negative, which is their call. It's wild to me that it took them four weeks and six interviews to figure this out, especially since that info was on the first document I submitted.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you describe a project you've worked on that you feel particularly proud of?
Bold Penguin
Account Executive
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
I interviewed with this company twice. They seemed a little disorganized and were not great about following up. The interviews themselves were comfortable and not too challenging. I received great feedback but was told they were putting a pause on hiring for this role both times.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you explain what general liability covers?
- What is the definition of replacement cost?
Bold Penguin Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Bold Penguin interview reports.
“What is the definition of replacement cost?”
Read reports →“Write non-idiomatic Ruby code, avoiding specific built-in methods.”
Read reports →“Can you explain what general liability covers?”
Read reports →“What superpower would you choose to have?”
Read reports →“Given a project with starter code, implement the requirements and write test code.”
Read report →“Does how you approach a problem matter?”
Read report →“Could you describe implementing classes and methods for a real-world game, focusing on a Test Driven Development approach?”
Read report →“What is your desired salary?”
Read report →“Were all questions about very specific problems they are working on instead of the candidate’s critical thinking capability?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 22 Bold Penguin interview reports.