Thumbtack Interview Questions
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Growth Marketing Manager, Paid Media
Manager Easy Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Background check
Interview formats
Behavioral
I applied for this position two months ago and only recently heard back from the recruiter. The recruiter reached out to schedule an interview with me and I was genuinely excited because the role appeared to be very promising. After responding to the recruiter and providing him with my availability, I never heard back. I then applied to the role again and received a rejection email just a couple of days later. I don't know if this a common practice on the Marketing team, but based on this experience, I would not recommend anyone apply to a job here. It's incredibly insulting to put potential candidates through this emotional rollercoaster. It's really frustrating to be on the receiving end of such a clear display of unprofessionalism from someone tasked with finding talent for the company.
Confirmed questions0 questions
No confirmed questions were included in this interview report.
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Product Designer
Senior Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Onsite Presentation Panel
Interview formats
Behavioral Presentation
The interview process had two rounds. First, there was a 1-hour virtual meeting with the hiring manager to go over your background, the role, and the company culture. Then, there was a 2-hour and 15-minute virtual onsite interview, which included a 45-minute portfolio presentation, followed by individual 30-minute chats with the same people who were at the presentation. Each of these individual chats focused on different things like design craft, cross-functional collaboration, and a peer interview.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Can you share the most and least helpful feedback you've received?
- Describe what you think the ideal process for a project looks like.
- What was your role and the Product Manager's role in that process?
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Android Developer
Entry Difficult Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical
A recruiter reached out on LinkedIn and set up a call to go over my background and what the company does. Then, I had a one-hour live coding interview. I thought I did pretty well, explaining the data structures and algorithms problem step-by-step and getting to an optimized answer. But, I got rejected. They gave me feedback that I needed to be better with Kotlin and use more advanced features like higher-order functions. It was frustrating because I solved the problem correctly, especially since I was coding without an editor. I feel like some company expectations are just unrealistic!
Confirmed questions1 question
- Questions about strings and n-gram models were asked.
Thumbtack
Growth Marketer
Mid Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Onsite Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Case
My recruiter Craig B. at Thumbtack was awesome. He kept me in the loop about everything, so I knew what to expect. He was funny, smart, and easy to talk to, which made the whole thing pretty chill. He even told me who I'd be meeting and why they mattered to the company. This was way better than other times when recruiters ghosted me or weren't straight with me. Craig was super open and nice, setting a good vibe from the start. It was also cool that Thumbtack's reviews were consistent across sites, unlike some other places I looked at. This shows me Thumbtack cares about its people and is upfront. After meeting more of the team, it was clear Craig wasn't the only one like that; the whole company seems to be that way. I'm super excited to start and think I'll be here for a long time.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Tell me about a marketing campaign you ran that did well. What were you trying to achieve, and how did you make sure sales and marketing were on the same page to hit those goals?
- What's your approach to measuring if digital marketing efforts are working, and what numbers do you watch the closest? Can you share a time you used data to make a campaign better?
- Since Account-Based Marketing involves really understanding and targeting specific clients, how do you go about creating messages and content that feel personal for important accounts? Can you share a creative tactic you used to connect with a tough account that was hard to get a hold of?
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“Create a spell checker that identifies the correct word from a provided dictionary, accounting for potential errors in capitalization and vowels within the input word.”
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Read report →“Design a way to store a dictionary of words and suggest them as a user types, like completing 'ca' to 'cat', 'car', 'cow' and then refining to 'car' if the user finishes typing 'car'.”
Read report →“How would you write a simple calendar service in any language to retrieve all events for a given day?”
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