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Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.

Based on 128 interview experiences · FREE TO READ

3.9 Rounds average
Average Typical difficulty
58.4% Positive experience

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Candidate interview experiences

First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Packt.

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Technical Editor

Engineering · a year ago

Entry Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Group Background check
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral Coding Presentation

Interview process is smooth and hassle free if you are technically sound. There are numerous rounds, technical and non-technical. Round 1: basic Q&A, submit a document after asking the given questions. Round 2: technical test with MCQs on computer, arithmetic, and reasoning, plus email writing. Round 3: interview with peers (technical interview process). Round 4: HR round.

Confirmed questions1 question
  • They will inquire about your technical knowledge, adaptability, and research skills.
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Squad Leader

Engineering · a year ago

Lead Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral

The interview process was smooth and HR coordinated it well. It started with a filtering HR round with a written questionnaire. Then there was a practical task involving Laravel, ReactJs, and Elasticsearch. This was followed by a technical round and finally a Director and behavioral round.

Confirmed questions3 questions
  • Can you explain what Elastic search is?
  • What specific knowledge do you have regarding Elastic search?
  • Could you define what a cache is?
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Acquisition Editor

Other · more than a year ago

Mid Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen Recruiter call Panel Panel
Interview formats
Other Technical Behavioral Presentation Group

The interview had a total of 5 rounds, where your performance in the previous round determines your movement to the next. Round 1 involved filling out a form with required information and writing an essay of at least 250 words on a given topic. Round 2 was an online test related to the role, requiring finding authors, writing and replying to emails, and reviewing/suggesting improvements for a fictional Book or Course Outline provided by authors, with internet access allowed for research. Round 3 was an introduction with HR. Round 4 was a comprehensive panel interview with a Publisher and a Senior Acquisition Editor, who would be your potential reporting manager. Round 5 was an interview with the General Manager.

Confirmed questions8 questions
  • What is your understanding of this role?
  • Could you tell me a bit about yourself?
  • What are your career aspirations for the next year?
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Technical Editor

Other · more than a year ago

Entry Average Negative experience No offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral

Before writing about interview process i like would to mention few things. 1)If your not from CS/IT branch dont go there. 2)If u dont know about new technology. 3)dont trap under easy hiring process as they can reject in last round. It was 1 process. there were total 6 rounds. Essay writing. Aptitude test and finding html error. Hr round Machine round you to execute a hello world program. Manager round. Worst interview process i have ever faced. The cant decide whether to hire candidate or not untill the last round. Dear hr before scheduling the iinterview of the candidate please go through the resume once whether he is capable of that role. They want pro level from frehser you have to be verse on AI,IOS Development Python and all. If someone know the artificial intelligence programming then why would he/she will go to technical editing profile. Dont fool the candidate. please improve yoir hiring process. The worst part of interview is manager round he consider himself as the owner of company will judge you very short span of time by asking some random quetion according to him every technology is outdated.

Confirmed questions4 questions
  • Tell me about packt.
  • Why do you want to join packt?
  • Can you write an html program?

Packt Interview Questions

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Find the missing number in a sequence of numbers from 1 to 1000, where one number is randomly excluded.

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Regarding tech books, why would someone buy one given the abundance of free online resources?

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Could you write an SQL query to identify the second-highest salary in a table?

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For instance, how many tables do you estimate would be needed to fill this room?

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Write an essay of about 250 words, choosing either "Android" or "WordPress for bloggers".

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Can you explain the 'why', 'how', and 'when' aspects related to CNNs?

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If an author requests a month's leave during a project, how would you persuade them to maintain the schedule, or what actions would you take?

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Can you write an advertisement for a product that's in the room?

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Formats, difficulty and experience

Across all 128 Packt interview reports.

Interview formats

Technical 36.4%
Behavioral 33.1%
Other 9.3%
Coding 9%
Presentation 9%

Interview difficulty

Easy 26.6%
Average 54.7%
Difficult 18.8%

Candidate experience

Negative 22.4%
Positive 58.4%
Neutral 19.2%

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Other 71
Marketing 16
Engineering 14
Operations 13
Sales 4
Product 4