SmarterTravel Interview Questions
& Process
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and how the experience turned out.
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Software Engineer
Senior Easy Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Onsite
Interview formats
Coding System Design Behavioral
HR reached out to me. I did one on-site interview which consisted of coding and system design questions with a senior engineer, followed up by behavioral questions from another tech lead. This whole thing lasted 2 hours.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- Did you hint at your salary range?
- Did you press for the top end of the salary range?
- Did they reject you saying headcount was full?
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Sales Associate
Entry Easy Neutral experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Case
I went through 4 lengthy interview rounds. They eventually said they needed to pause hiring to sort out internal processes, which is a weak reason. I later found out, unsurprisingly, they were still actively trying to fill the position. It was a bummer because I had great chats with the team, but it seemed like they wanted to get things sorted after splitting from TripAdvisor and being inactive for so long.
Confirmed questions1 question
- How would you describe your prospecting process?
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Data Analyst
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding Case
First there was a phone call with a recruiter to go over my background, my interest in Hopjump, and they asked a quick math question. Then I had a phone call with two people from the Analytics team. They asked me about a project I had worked on and gave me a brainteaser. The next interviews were three zoom interviews all on the same day. Two of them were similar to the second round where they asked about a project and then gave me a problem/brainteaser. The other interview was a deep dive into parts of my resume. They asked about mistakes I had made, what I was most proud of in my positions, and about my manager at each position, including how I felt they would evaluate me. I felt that last interview was the hardest part. I would definitely thoroughly review everything on your resume before the interview, and come up with things you are proud of for each position as well as mistakes you made/weaknesses you had, but probably mistakes/weaknesses that you can show growth or some positive improvement from.
Confirmed questions8 questions
- Imagine you manage a call center with two employee types who can handle different call volumes. To handle expansion, how many of each employee type would you hire?
- Given 2 eggs and a 100-floor building, what's the minimum number of drops needed to find the critical floor?
- In an auction, if your bid exceeds the item's value, you win at your bid price but can immediately sell it for 1.5 times its value. What's the strategy?
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Quantitative Analyst
Mid Average Positive experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Case
I had a recruiter phone screen, then another call with someone from the analytics team. They asked pretty much the same questions and gave me two brainteaser/case problems which weren't too tough. I liked having those two calls because there isn't a lot of info out there on Hopjump, so it was good to be able to ask a few people questions before the onsite. The onsite was only two hours and involved "technical" whiteboard problems, I assume to test analytical thinking. The interviewers were cool and helped me work through the problems. I also got some questions about projects I've done before, which the recruiter told me to prep for. All in all, it was tough, and I didn't move on.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you describe a long-term goal you had and explain how you worked towards achieving it?
SmarterTravel Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from SmarterTravel interview reports.
“With 100 switches and 100 passes, where the k-th pass toggles every k-th switch, how many switches remain 'on' after the 100th pass?”
Read reports →“You have 25 horses and need to find the top 3 fastest. You can race 5 horses at a time. What's the minimum number of races required?”
Read reports →“In an auction, if your bid exceeds the item's value, you win at your bid price but can immediately sell it for 1.5 times its value. What's the strategy?”
Read reports →“When a user visits a website by domain name on their browser, what is the sequence of events that occurs from the very beginning?”
Read reports →“Given 2 eggs and a 100-floor building, what's the minimum number of drops needed to find the critical floor?”
Read report →“Can you explain the Bertrand paradox?”
Read report →“Was there any negotiation from their side?”
Read report →“What are your thoughts on typical brainteasers?”
Read report →“Did they reject you saying headcount was full?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
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