Rubicon Project Interview Questions
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Rubicon Project
Data Scientist
Mid Average Positive experience No offer 9 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Take home Onsite Panel Presentation
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral Technical System Design
I saw the opening on LinkedIn and applied. After a quick chat with the team manager, he gave me a coding assignment. Then I was invited for onsite interviews. Everyone I met was really nice, smart, and professional, and the office seemed like a great place to work. I ended up interviewing with 9 people back-to-back, with 2 of them joining remotely from California. The questions were pretty direct and matched the job description. Some interviews focused on cultural fit, while others were designed to check my problem-solving and algorithm skills. Towards the end, the manager asked me to discuss an ongoing team problem and how I'd approach it. The trickiest part was a data scientist from California who asked a lot of questions that didn't seem to be related to my resume.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Can you write pseudo-code for generating knight moves on a keypad?
- Could you explain your PhD research, particularly how it relates to our projects?
- What's the process for how software sorts numbers? And what is the function of HAVING in SQL? Also, can you explain how MapReduce works?
Rubicon Project
Salesforce Administrator
Mid Average Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite Background check Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
I had two phone-screen interviews, which were great and on point, and I got to ask a lot of questions. Then, for the on-site, I met with 6 people one-on-one over 4.5 hours. Jacqueline met me, gave me a tour, and showed me to my room, making sure I was comfy with snacks and drinks. All the interviews started on time. They were professional and friendly, with good questions that weren't just behavioral. They even paid for my lunch! Nihal, who I spoke with on the phone, debriefed with me at the end and let me know a decision would be made within the week. It was a really positive experience overall.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- When you start in a new Salesforce setup, what's your strategy?
- How do you handle talking to and updating senior executives about project progress or problems, and what have you done before to make sure communication flows both ways?
- Can you share some examples of how you've improved sales processes and the steps you took to implement those changes?
Rubicon Project
Web Developer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
I was contacted by a recruiter who helped set up my interviews. I had applied for one position but ended up being considered for two. First, I spoke with two managers, and we determined I'd be a good fit for a specific team. Then, the hiring manager conducted a phone interview, which was pretty straightforward. After that, I flew to Seattle for interviews. They had back-to-back interviews scheduled for me. The interviewers were friendly and helpful, even though the office space seemed a bit run-down. I gathered that most people work remotely unless it's necessary to be in the office. The interview day felt rushed because I had a flight to catch, leaving me no time for additional questions.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Can you discuss time complexity?
- Which Linux commands do you know?
- Tell me about your SQL knowledge.
Rubicon Project
Software Engineer
Entry Easy Negative experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Phone screen Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding System Design
It started with a phone screen, and if that went well, it was followed by an on-site interview. The on-site had four rounds: two were on problem-solving, the third focused on SQL for ETL tasks, and the fourth involved questions about problem-solving, multithreading, and garbage collection. They mentioned that within the first 20 minutes of the interview, they'd know if you were a good fit. If you know Hadoop, data pipelines, or real-time data processing, you should go ahead with the interview. They don't really go through your resume and focus on space and time complexity.
Confirmed questions8 questions
- Can you reverse a character array?
- What are the least coins needed for exact change?
- Is this string of parentheses valid?
Rubicon Project Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Rubicon Project interview reports.
“Write a function that takes a string and a substring and returns 1 if the substring exists within the string, otherwise return -1.”
Read reports →“Given an integer like 123, create a string formatted as "100+20+3". You can use any programming language.”
Read reports →“Find the second largest element in an integer array and test the method.”
Read reports →“Write a function that takes an integer like 543 and returns the string "500+40+3", and test your code.”
Read reports →“Find all 3-element subarrays that sum to zero from a given integer array like {-1,2,1,4,1,-3}, for example {2,1,-3} and {-1,4,-3}, and then test your code.”
Read report →“Can you write a program to remove vowels from a given string?”
Read report →“Can you find the longest ascending sequence in an array of integers?”
Read report →“How would you find the k-th value in a data structure?”
Read report →“How would you extract a number or consecutive numbers from a string?”
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