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People Operations Partner
Mid Easy Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
The first chat with the recruiter was nice, I got to ask stuff and talk about my experience for the job. The next stage, talking to the hiring manager, wasn't as great. Even though I gave lots of times I was free, they set up the interview late at night, not checking if it worked, and then rescheduled again, also not checking the time, which was annoying. I took the late slot even though I knew it might be tough to interview that late. The interview itself felt rushed and like they were just checking boxes.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- Can you tell me about a time you had to make an HR operations decision with incomplete information and uncertainty?
- How do you handle prioritizing tasks when everything seems urgent?
- What strategies and tools do you employ to manage your workload effectively?
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Site Reliability Engineer
Mid Difficult Positive experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding System Design
I had a recruiter screen first, and then a coding interview. I didn't make it past the coding interview, but if I had, there would have been 2 or 3 more rounds with system design and more coding. The recruiters and interviewers were professional and patient, making it a pleasant experience even though I didn't pass.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Tell me about the coding round where you had to assess votes and ballots.
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Human Resources Business Partner
Mid Easy Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Background check
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
The interview started well, but unfortunately, it didn't maintain the same level towards the end, followed by silence or minimal feedback. Being told 'it was nothing and it simply wasn’t meant to be' is appalling feedback, maybe I dodged a bullet. Not receiving justified feedback and being ignored is just rude! I invested a lot of time and went through countless interviews, I had to chase the interviewer, then they went on vacation, and I got no substantial response, not even an email reply. It was very unprofessional and felt like another tick-box exercise.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you tell me why you are interested in Coursera?
- What is your understanding of our company?
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Data Scientist
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 7 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite Panel Offer Background check
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Presentation Case
This was a super long interview process, like, totally unprofessional and with so many red flags. Honestly, don't even take the job if they offer it. Who knows if the interviewers will even stick around. One person admitted they were having a tough time with how things are run. It was a really bad experience from the start. They'd set up interviews without asking if you were free. The HR person wouldn't really talk to you, and they never give out phone numbers, which felt really weird and like they were ghosts. Everything was just email. If you needed to say you weren't available, email was the only way. Prepare to be ghosted during interviews, your interviewer might not even show up. And you might get a sudden rejection after like 4 weeks, even if you thought the interviews went okay. The HR person might also try to convince you to take a role that's below what you can do. Because it's all remote, there are no personal boundaries. Seriously, think hard before joining.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- Tell me about your experience in an HR round.
- What's your take on our product?
- How would you handle marketing for us?
Coursera Interview Questions
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“Determine if one string is a substring of another, considering that '.' can substitute any character, and '?' can either replace a character or serve as an additional symbol.”
Read reports →“Implement the `findRankedWinner` method that takes a map of ballots and integers and returns a string.”
Read reports →“Given a prefix string, a full word string, and a suffix string, determine which is longer, the prefix or the suffix, in relation to the full word.”
Read reports →“Given a list of numbers, count for each number how many elements to its right are smaller.”
Read reports →“Find the candidate with the "popular vote," meaning they received the most first-choice votes from voters.”
Read report →“Can you determine if a given word reads the same forwards and backward?”
Read report →“How would you sort an array of names based on the frequency of each name, with the most frequent appearing first?”
Read report →“Explain how to implement a wildcard that matches zero or one instance of the preceding character, using 'a*' as an example for empty string or 'a'.”
Read report →“Can you create a regex that uses '?' to mean zero or one match?”
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