I applied through university. I interviewed at Taboola (Pasadena, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
First round was a coding challenge. Next I had a technical phone screen with a team lead. Finally they called me to the Pasadena office where I had 3 back to back rounds. The first and third interviewers were fine. The second interviewer asked me a question and kept looking at his watch. He just wanted it to be over and so did I.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Process a sequence of algebraic equations and print the final values of the variables
2. XML parser
3. CTR rate
4. SQL queries
first was an interview with the manager and later a task to do at home that included giving insights and creating a Tableau dashboard and in the end predictions of Headquarters and hiring and terminations with any model you want
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Taboola in Nov 2025
Interview
1:30 hours, first half deep dive on a project you worked on. second half coding questions. Weirdly, the stream reading question did not feel very related to Taboola's business itself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- given N, print first N lines from a stream (reads line after line, ending at null)
- given N, print last N lines from a stream (requires queue N size to save last N lines)
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Taboola (Israel) in Nov 2025
Interview
The interview process for Taboola began with a presentation of a relevant project I have worked on lately, describing my contribution to it and its impact.
The session continued with a LeetCode-style coding challenge on strings and arrays, testing algorithmic efficiency and code clarity within time limits.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array and an integer n, output the first n elements.