I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cengage (Raleigh, NC) in Apr 2017
Interview
4hrs, meet with devs, meet with manager, meet with director, meet with a culture panel, I don't have anything to say about the interview process. This is ridiculous. Let me submit a review and get along with things.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cengage in Sep 2017
Interview
I only did a technical phone interview with one of the managers. Call was schedule for 11:00 a.m, however for some technical difficulties the call started 20 minutes later which I blame no one for. The rest of the interview went by sharing the screen and I was given two questions to solve at the point. I did solve the first one correctly. For the second one I couldn't get it on time so the interviewer provided his email to submit it after which I did. What makes it a horrible experience and a place I regret applying for is that they never reached back for a result or even an excuse. One day I had to cal the company and ask for the manager at 10:00 a.m and the hr person was like it is too early for him to be here.
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Cengage response
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Thank you for providing us your feedback. I would like to learn more about your experience. Please email me at Careers@Cengage.com. -Jill
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cengage (Raleigh, NC) in Mar 2017
Interview
Went through a couple rounds of interviews with recruiters, HR, and eventually an architect. Interviews were pretty reasonable, particularly the technical. Technical interview centered largely on going through my experience and a few of my projects, with the architect poking about here and there, asking questions, etc. Pretty decent stuff.
Unfortunately, at no point during this process would anyone tell me what I was interviewing for. This left me unable to ask any specific questions about my duties & responsibilities, tech, process, team, advancement... you name it. When I questioned the lack of clarity regarding exactly what job I was trying to land, they explained their hesitancy (didn't want to rule out candidates who were a poor match for one job, but might work out well elsewhere). While this seems reasonable initially, we really have to get specific at some point so I can evaluate the opportunity
Next step was a face-to-face that sounded fairly intense, but since I wasn't given enough information to decide if I wanted the job, I had to decline to pursue further.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a past project, its architecture, the technologies, etc.