I applied online. I interviewed at New York Times in Apr 2021
Interview
After being screen by a recruiter there was an initial technical screening. This was followed by 5 part interview with another technical coding challenge, system design question, and various product people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why New York Times?
Many situational questions, "Tell me about a time when..."
Tell me about a time when you faced a conflict?
Tell me about a time when you invented something?
Remove duplicates from array
Design a blog
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