I applied online. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Splunk (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
I had two phone interviews with one manager and one software engineer. For some reason, both interviews were like the one you get at the very beginning: you get a coding question you work on while they are watching, "why do you want to work for Splunk" etc. etc.
For some reason they chose to do the whole process in one week. Meaning, they emailed me on Tuesday and by next Monday they already made their decision.
Now, what made this experience negative is that the second interview gave me the feeling that the guy on the other end did not care. Each time I asked a question during coding, I had to repeat because I felt like he wasn't even looking (his microphone was muted too). In fact, the whole second interview only lasted 20 minutes because he seemed to be in a hurry.
Horrible. Rude. They were awful. Stay away. I never would recommend to even my worst enemy on this planet. What a terrible interviewer. Beware. They already picked someone. I am glad I dodged a bullet here.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Splunk
Interview
The whole process took over three months and they even didn't provide the message after all stages that I am rejected. The time between rounds took form 3 to 4 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DFS problem, leetcode medium in 1 round, leetcode easy in 2 round
- 30 minute call with HR
- 1h technical interview in Karat (data structures and algorithms + system design)
- 1-2h technical interview with team members
- 1h interview with manager
The whole process takes a lot of time but it is well organized.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Past experience in details - if I had any occasion to lead a project, how it went and how I overcame hardships.