I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HubSpot (Cambridge, MA) in Oct 2016
Interview
I came in for final-round interviews in the office and was very impressed with how nice the office was and how awesome all the engineers were. Hubspot feels a bit like a mini silicon-valley in the Boston area. I had four back-to-back interviews with different engineers from Hubspot, each asking different sorts of technical questions. Some involved system-design and some involved database schema/query design.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a particular application, design the system end-to-end for how to implement all aspects of it. Using a whiteboard to diagram the whole process.
Thank you for taking the time to write a review - our engineering team is fantastic and it's great to hear you felt that in your interview process. So glad you'll be joining us! -Becky
Other Software Engineer interview reviews for HubSpot
I applied through university. I interviewed at HubSpot (London, England)
Interview
I went through several rounds, including an initial screening, a technical assessment, and follow-up interviews. The process was well structured, but I found the technical part challenging because it required both problem-solving and clear communication under time pressure. The interviewers were professional, and the questions were relevant to the role. Although I did not receive an offer, the experience was still valuable and helped me understand the company’s expectations better.
Coding assessment with multiple levels. levels open up as you pass them. Time constraints looked tight. I could not get through all levels. It was related to Designing banking system.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at HubSpot (Dublin, Dublin)
Interview
Consists of an Online Assessment, followed by 3 rounds (2 System Design, 1 coding)
One of the System Design interviewer was less experienced (with an experienced shadow interviewer). I feel like they didn't drive it correctly, didn't ask me the right follow-up questions and eventually gave negative feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online Assessment: Multi-part question involving incremental development of a memory cache database
System Design 1: Design a weather widget to get data from upstream and display to customers
Coding Round: Incremental question involving API calls to get data, parse and do calculation
System Design 2: Design video streaming system (like Netflix)
