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      Software Engineer Interview

      7 Aug 2015
      Anonymous employee
      Charlottesville, VA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at WillowTree (Charlottesville, VA) in July 2015

      Interview

      Received email for a video interview. This was really amazing to me because I hadn't ever done a video interview. The site for the interview allowed time to practice so you could make sure you had good lighting and audio and understood the process: you get x seconds for prep and x seconds to respond. All of the questions were relevant to the position and to the point. Next was an email from HR asking if I could do an in-person or a phone interview and what was my availability. I set up for a phone interview with the Director of QA. The interview was succinct lasting only 15 minutes, his questions were specific to the role and my experience and he was very open to any questions I had and frequently asked if I had any questions. The next step was to meet in-person so I could meet with team members so they may get an impression of me. This was a great opportunity to see the office and the environment they provide. Upon entering, the receptionist offered me something to drink of which I had the choice of soda, coffee, tea, or water. I accepted water and was apologized to for it not being in a glass. I was not kept waiting long at all. I was met downstairs and accompanied upstairs where we sat in a project room for the interview. The questions were very specific to my experience, my willingness to learn new testing methods/software, my favorite and least favorite apps, and my openness to an agile, fast-paced environment. I was given positive feedback in the interview and advised that the next step was to do a test project. The contents of the test project were kept super-secret, which is understandable given that it is to gauge several things about my work personality and experience. I was given a tour of the office following that interview and received the test project in my email before I made it home. There was no set time-limit for turning in the project, even so I worked on it late into the night and turned it in the next evening. The next morning, I received an email asking if I could come in the following Monday to meet with the VP of Software Development. I agreed. It was in that meeting that I was given my offer letter.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is system testing?
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      Software Engineer Interview

      3 Jan 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at WillowTree in July 2024

      Interview

      Let me be clear up front: the actual hiring team was one of the most glowing interview experiences I've ever had. The problem is that the *company* made it into one of the most horrific interview experiences I've ever had. Their culture interview raised one of the greenest flags I've ever encountered in an interview -- "what does psychological safety mean to you?" But as much as I can believe the individuals who asked me this, the thing is... when WillowTree says they value psychological safety, WillowTree is lying. Because they have no problem rescinding a job offer if you ask too many questions after reading the fine print. (On an incredibly related note, Glassdoor needs a 4th option when asking about whether you got one.) Now that wasn't even the *only* lie. Adding insult to injury, these people had the audacity to then send me *a candidate survey* afterward, with the subject line "we'd love your feedback." Now, I understand that this is automated, but if you're using automation in your processes, you're also responsible for using it better than that. Even in the best case, soliciting feedback, after pulling a job offer on someone for any reason, is comically terrible. This piece alone alone is easily the most spectacular failure I have encountered interviewing for any job anywhere. There's deserving to get embarrassed by the ways your processes go sideways, and then there's *literally asking for it.*

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What does psychological safety mean to you?
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      6 Aug 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at WillowTree

      Interview

      The first stage was a coding interview, and it was medium difficulty. The last stage was coding a whole project (there is some code and base already there) - it was pretty hard.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      It was a leetcode question.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      12 Apr 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at WillowTree

      Interview

      It was not a bad process, it went very quickly and the interviewers were very easy to talk to. It’s definitely not as stretched out as long as other processes

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Name a time you failed
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