The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at New York Times (New York, NY) in Feb 2018
Interview
absolutely terrible. 10 min call with recruiter then a programming assignment that i nailed. never got back to me for about 2 weeks, i emailed and got rejected. rejecting someone over a programming assign that works is not good hiring process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a working command line tool in Java that takes the names of two JSON files as parameters and compares them.
The structure of the files are assumed to be like the examples. Specifically, the files represent search results. Under response.docs there is an array of individual results, and for each of those results we want to know if they are the same in the two files, and if not, which fields are different.
Recruiter who I was already in contact with recommended me to the position. 30 min engineering manager behavioral, 30 min leetcode medium problem, followed by 4 panel interviews. (uncertain of what the panel interviews consist of)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Go in-depth on a project you've worked on (impacts, engineering challenges, etc)
First initial phone screening on google meet with video. The recruiter missed the first call and I was waiting for 15minutes into my lunch break. I emailed the recruiter, they seemed sorry and then we rescheduled. Phone screening was as aspected, tell me about yourself, why NYT, logistics, etc.
15 minute recruiter call (informational, make sure to let them know if there are other roles you're interested in at the company as they could be a recruiter for that role as well), 30 min hiring manager, 30 minute technical