I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Nasdaq (New York, NY) in Aug 2014
Interview
There are two people doing the interview for me, and they are very nice and friendly. They set down with you and go though the project they interested in on my portfolio, we had a great conversation during this meeting. And at the end of the interview, they took me for a tour in there time sq's office and showroom. It was definitely a once in a lift time experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1.Talk about myself.
3. Questions about projects.
2.What's your most strength skill.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Nasdaq (New York, NY) in Nov 2014
Interview
Very weird experience. Had six interviews. HR, Hiring Manager (supervisor of this position - phone and in-person), VP of Global Mktg. and CMO (in -person) - including an intensive homework assignment and presentation given. They professed extreme interest and then boom! Radio-silence for 2-1/2 mo. This after being told they would get back to me in a couple of days. Checked in before the holidays and told that with vacations etc. it was being pushed until after the first of the year. Periodic check-ins after the holidays were either not answered or I was told "we should know more by next week," "we should know more in a few days and you are one of the top candidates" "sorry for the delay but we'll know Wed. but you are one of the final three candidates." This over a period of months.
A couple of weeks would pass before I would check in again to try and get any sort of idea of what was going on. Last check-in I said I was very confused by the delay and just need to know something since I have other jobs that I'm interviewing for etc. and need to know if this is in play. The response was even weirder. "I'm told that the job is on temporary hold and you were one of the top candidates but they are exploring making an offer to someone else. Don't turn down any other offers because of our delays. But I'll know for sure by next week." Is the job on hold or are they offering it to someone else??" It was a HUGE cluster. Still is. Makes me not want to work there if they can't even manage a hiring process.
The CMO was excellent and has a great vision for the company's marketing future and the VP of Global Marketing also seemed very forward thinking. The HR guy was very nice and obviously managing something shady going on with the process. The hiring manager was very odd. Didn't really want to go through my work and would only vaguely answer what deliverables the department generated. Such a disappointment. This position has great potential but I'm afraid won't go anywhere due to a log jam in the org. chart.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Nasdaq (Philadelphia, PA) in Dec 2014
Interview
Good Interview, This was for the internship position in Philadelphia PA. They interviewed me on campus. Asked basic questions about my resume (stuff I worked on and previous experience) Asked me if I knew data structures such as Trees and Hash Maps, tables. Asked what the difference between an Interface and Abstract Class was. Could interface methods be defined, etc. Basic questions that you should have a concept of. It was my first "technical" interview when it came to coding questions (no coding was asked to be done though). Good experience and the guys interviewing me were awesome. Very nice and made the interview easy going.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's faster a Binary Tree or Hash map? - Wouldn't say it was most difficult but it was unexpected