Groupon Test Automation Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

I went through four interview rounds for a position at Groupon. First was a Java coding round, which was easy to medium difficulty, and I cleared it. Second was a framework development round, which I also cleared. Third was a managerial round, but I received feedback from HR that I seemed less enthusiastic. HR suggested I show more passion for Groupon and scheduled a fourth round. The fourth round was an interview with the director, where he mainly asked if I had any questions, and eventually, I ran out of questions to ask. After these rounds, HR told me my profile was on hold. My suggestion for Groupon is to maybe change their interview process by doing the director and managerial rounds first. This way, candidates can show their enthusiasm early on and not feel disheartened after putting in so much effort into the technical rounds.

Applied through LinkedIn. Got a call from HR on Tuesday who said the interview would be scheduled for the next Tuesday, but then there were no invitations and no response to calls. She called back on Monday and scheduled the interview for the following Monday. Did not receive a Job Description even after asking multiple times. The interview was conducted by a Developer who seemed to have no knowledge of the testing process and didn't know what to ask or expect. He gave a question from Hackerrank, which is typically a developer interview question, and asked me to implement two methods. The interviewer himself couldn't explain the problem statement.

I had 2 phone interviews first, where they asked me several technical questions and we talked about my resume. Then, there was an on-site interview. It was in a meeting room, with 5 people coming in one by one. The whole thing lasted over 3 hours, and included a meal. I can't share the exact questions due to a contract, but the coding part involved very easy, common string problems. They also asked general questions about my resume.