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      Software Engineer Interview

      8 Sept 2018
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Brighton, MI
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Collage.com (Brighton, MI) in Aug 2018

      Interview

      I went through several stages of interviews with Collage.com. #1 - After applying online, 1 hour phone interview with engineer. Nothing too stressful. Got to ask lots of questions about the work environment. #2 - Take-home assignment that is supposed to take 4 hours. I think a 4 hour project is pretty disrespectful of my time, but I was very interested in the role and I thought I could knock it out of the park. Was asked to extend a simple HTML / JavaScript page to improve functionality. #3 - Received a follow-up from an engineer regarding my solution. Spent 30-45 minutes reviewing the work I had completed more than a week earlier and writing up responses. #4 - Another 1 hour interview with an engineer. We talked about what kinds of technical challenges I have solved. No trivia questions, which was nice, but definitely got into some detail. #5 - 1 hour interview with founder. Discussed my work background and he was particularly interested in my relationship with product management. At the end of the interview, he asked when I would be looking to start the job. From the day I submitted my application to the day I received a rejection letter was roughly 4 weeks. I spent 9 hours in total, which does not include any interview prep work I did.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      What is a tough technical problem you solved recently?
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      Question 2

      How do you interact with your product manager? What are his responsibilities? How do you negotiate disagreements and determine what work needs to be done?
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      Collage.com response
      7y
      Hello! Thank you for submitting your feedback. I apologize that you feel your time was disrespected. We know that our interview process is a time commitment. We want to make sure that we are thorough in our assessment so that we are confident that we are picking the right person, not just for the success of our company but also for the success of the candidate as we owe it to you to ensure we are making a thorough and responsible decision. With that said, we don't want anyone to feel their time is being disrespected so we are looking at how we can achieve thoroughness while also creating a process that is enjoyable for candidates. We will definitely incorporate your feedback into our ongoing improvements. Thank you! -Emma, Head of Talent Acquisition

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      Software Engineer Interview

      19 Apr 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Collage.com

      Interview

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      Software Engineer Interview

      22 Sept 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Collage.com in Aug 2020

      Interview

      I had a phone interview with a recruiter, then a coding test, an interview with an engineer, and completed a technical challenge. I enjoyed my meetings even though i was ultimately rejected. Everyone was really nice. I thought the longer technical challenge was hard but nothing too surprising even though i didnt pass it and i got feedback at the end which was helpful to understand the decision.

      Interview questions [1]

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      Software Engineer Interview

      15 July 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Collage.com in Apr 2020

      Interview

      Initial 30 min phone screening, then an hour long Javascript technical assessment on codingame.com (mostly about using Promises). After that I had an hour long video interview with an engineering manager. We discussed a fair amount of technical things related to past jobs, but also spent a lot of time discussing my experience with agile development, being on a remote team, and what I thought my past successes and failures were as a developer. Then I was given a longer take home assignment, which involved adding new functionality to a preexisting component (and making any changes/improvements that would be reasonable to point out in a code review). The new functionality required some refactoring of the existing code, but a total refactor was discouraged ... and overall I felt this was a good test of what actual development often entails. The assignment definitely required some clarification, but questions were encouraged, and the Collage CTO was quick to respond. After that I had two hour long interviews with the founders (Kevin and Joey). Kevin's questions tended to be more technical, but also had a large behavioral focus (ability to work on a team, communicate, ask questions when confused, learn from mistakes). Joey's questions also had a large behavioral focus, and seemed directed at figuring whether or not I would be happy/successful working remotely, and a good fit at Collage generally. Overall I enjoyed the experience, and was happy to accept an offer from them. I found video interviews to be more unnerving than in person ones (just because it's harder to read people via video, and sometimes audio/video lag makes conversation feel less natural). I would say that the interview process felt quite rigorous (like Collage was looking for something very specific at each stage, and if they did not find it you would not make it to the next step) ... I can see that rigorousness rubbing people the wrong way, but it had the opposite effect for me, since it made me more confident that they were being selective about their hires, and that if I did get an offer, that it would be a good fit for everyone involved. Overall the process took a little over a month. I was told that the process could be accelerated if I needed them to make a decision faster, but I never took advantage of that offer.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What are some ways you thought the engineering process at past jobs could be improved? Did you suggest them or implement them? If you did not, why not? Give an example of a time when you gave and/or received criticism at a past engineering job successfully.
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