I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Unity (Dublín, Dublín) in Sep 2020
Interview
I had an initial phone screen with a recruiter, then a take home test. The take home test was a timed 45 minute coding challenge on codility, there were two questions. The first was easy enough, the second one took me a bit longer and I didn't quite finish it but still got through.
The next stage was a one hour chat with an engineering manager. It was mostly general questions and questions about my technical experience but not technical knowledge (Describe your proudest bug fix, how did you de-bug it?).
The next stage was 3 face to face interviews each with one person, all technical. This would normally be on-site but for me it was over zoom because of covid. Two interviews involved sharing your screen and solving a coding problem. One was easy for me and another was a bit trickier. All the questions were general algorithmic coding challenges and don't require a specific knowledge set other than just being able to solve problems and write an algorithm without googling it. I appreciate this approach as it's language agnostic. I saw another review which recommended a book called "Cracking the coding interview". You don't have to read all of it but the first few chapters will give you a sense of what they ask. The other interview didn't involve sharing my screen but there was a lot of technical questions surrounding TCP/IP protocols, difference between http and HTTPS etc.
I got turned down after this last stage and my recruiter offered to phone me to give me feedback next week.
The recruiter was great and the process moved very fast. I really got the sense that they want applicants to have a good experience which I did. My only recommendation would be maybe shortening the whole process or number of interviews. It is quite frustrating to go through a phone interview, coding challenge and 4 hour long interviews only to be turned down at the very last step.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What does the lock icon in the address bar of a browser indicate? What does it mean if it is unlocked/red etc. How would ensure that it does appear
I applied online. I interviewed at Unity (Austin, TX) in Oct 2020
Interview
call with the recruiter followed by 4 rounds of interviews over zoom. whole process took about 2 weeks. After interview there was couple of silent days but they had their reasons.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
More process oriented questions, team fitness, project challenges and little bit of technical evaluation.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Unity (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2020
Interview
This interview was for Senior SDE position for Data Infrastructure team. The interview process was very straight forward. Online test and then interview with the Senior member from the team and possible virtual onsite after that.
The interview with senior member was more based on Previous work experience and nothing too technical. The interviewer was based in Copenhagen and I thought I had wonderful discussion with him as it was not too much technical and I basically answered all the questions except for few tools experience which I believe was not a deal breaker as per the job description.
After two days I got an automated thank you email stating they are moving forward with another candidate. It was such a waste of time, and technically I do not understand how someone can gaze technical skills without actually discussing a technical problem. I believe they had already decided whom they had to offer and they were just waiting to hear back from the other candidate on the accepting the offer. I had to email recruiter on the confirmation as the automated email was very generic and I had applied for other positions as well.
The recruiter who was very responsive during the initial stages in the interview process and after I cleared the online test, stops responding immediately after my interview with the senior team member. I understand that it was no go for that particular role and I also understand they won't be able to provide feedback to all, but atleast to a candidate who has invested so much time in the process, they should at least as a courtesy clarify that the email was for the same position. Overall very unprofessional!!!
If you have an interview with the company, please make sure you have experience in all the tools that's mentioned in the job description. If not, you are just wasting your time in interviewing as they would have already decided whom to offer the position. One request I have to the management, please show some courtesy to the interview candidates, especially its difficult time for them with current COVID situation and people losing jobs. They would have dedicated their time and effort into the process, at least have that courtesy to respond to them. Positive or negative feedback is secondary, but provide them some feedback if possible.
I would never apply to this company again. Please do not waste your time in doing so!!! Good luck..
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online test was tough, but managed to get the output and going through the medium level leetcode problems will definitely help in doing well in the online test.
Interview with Senior member from the team was very technical oriented with work experience and no live coding. Questions based on previous work experience.