I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at OutboxAXS (Cleveland, OH) in Feb 2016
Interview
I was asked about my work history, but there was no effort made to delve into actual design decisions or process. Instead, they require candidates to submit to a 5 task challenge, providing insights into their actual business site, from which they potentially stand to profit, without compensation. I could understand if the challenge was based on material from which they did not stand to gain, and if the time required to complete the challenge was not excessive, but this was not the case. Applicants are asked to take 5 days to develop responses... "work over the weekend if you like...".
Challenge is as follows:
1. Review their home page and provide 3 user goals as well as 3 business goals.
2. Describe likes and dislikes, and then provide them with insight as to what you would add, remove or change to make their page a better experience
3. Provide a competitive analysis of search functionality, using their site as a base compared against their 4 top competitors
4. Provide a 1-2 page annotated wireframe that evolves an existing page on their site
5. Provide an additional wireframe that illustrates how the evolved page would render responsively in IOS mobile
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at OutboxAXS (Montreal, QC) in July 2015
Interview
You start by doing technical test on paper. You have 60 minutes to complete it. You will have to construct SQL and LINUX commands on paper, relying on memory only (no phones, tablets allowed). You will be doing the test in a group. There is no human interaction at all, you are processed like a package. Basically receptionist takes care of the whole thing. When I was leaving, and said "good bye", she did not even bother to look at me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL
construct sql query from table/columns given
Explain Join, left join, full join
Explain Union
How would you improve sluggish SQL query
LINUX
Load average vs cpu utilization
Create sorted list of log files according to size
Oh my, root partition is filling up. Why?
Explain hard link, soft link
Memory, cpu usage
How to read compressed text file without uncompressing
NETWORKING
few subnet questions
E-mail slow - why, what can you find from header
MISCELLANEOUS
Java will not run on web page - what to look for
There were few more, including some very basic windows questions, which I did not bother to memorize.