I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Rokt (Sydney) in Sept 2020
Interview
In general,the interview process was very standard.
First Round 30 minutes phone interview with Hire manager.
Second Round hankerank coding tests
Third Round Zoom interview with the Hire manager and some engineers , this round I got 2 live coding questions.
Behavioral and culture fit questions with an Engineering Director
Behavioral and culture fit questions with CTO
Behavioral and culture fit questions with a bar raiser
I declined the final interview as I got some offers from other companies
Comparing to startups in silicon valley, the coding interview is pretty simple and straight forward, they only require some very basic knowledge on data structures and algorithms.
In summary, the company focus more on behavioral and culture fit skills rather than a candidate's technical skill.
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Question 1
You do need time to prepare behavioral interview for the company.
Practice some easy and medium questions on leetcode regarding dfs, bfs , some string manipulation questions.
Standard IQ testing + 2min video about project I'd completed, then zoom code interview, then system architecture interview, then finally a fit interview. Early interview section was fairly easy, System design was a pretty reasonable 2 stage login/verification app, fit interview was quite engaging and in depth.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
System design was a pretty reasonable 2 stage login/verification app - was asked first to design a scraper to import logins from a text doc on s3 to a db. then infrastructure on how to get logins within 100ms from front to back.
Was in invited to a virtual coding interview as the first round, was equivalent to an easy leetcode problem. Did not finish question within the interview because I got tripped up, but the interviewer said he saw that I had the solution. Got a rejection email a week later.
Questions similar to IQ tests for an initial round. Coding interview was online with live interaction from the interviewer to talk through the thought process. System design interview was quite involved. It really focused on the thought process and design reasoning rather than knowledge, with the interviewer accommodating any knowledge gaps I had. Behavioral interview was fairly standard.
Overall it felt they made an effort to make the interviews fit the candidates' experience and expertise, which I appreciate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leet code style, roughly medium level coding question.