I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at X (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2016
Interview
The interview process was completely unprofessional. I expected better especially since this is a well-known organization. A recruiter contacted me regarding a position and I sent in my resume. They did not respond for 2 weeks and after I followed up with them, they responded with saying that they went with another candidate.
Subsequently, they suggested another position which they think is a better fit. So two phone interviews were scheduled. In both cases, the interviewers were 10 minutes late in the call. I think they did not take this seriously and were just padding their applications and treating candidates like fodder.
I would have been find with the results either way, but the rude behavior, snarky remarks, and unprofessionalism is very off-putting. This does not bode well for Twitter.
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Question 1
Traditional algorithm questions. They focus more on memorization instead of concepts so be careful on who you get as an interviewert.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at X (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2016
Interview
I applied online at the start of March and received an email asking me to participate in a Hacker Rank challenge 2 weeks later. There was 1 hour to complete 2 questions. The questions we easy in hindsight but were presented in a very wordy way, they revolved around string manipulation and some algorithms.
By April I was assigned a recruiter, who contacted me via email, to organize a phone screen. The Phone screen was with an engineer that worked in the team I was interviewing for and there was 1 main coding question and a lot of opportunity to ask questions about Twitter and the role.
Another 2 weeks and then an offer to come for an onsite for "1-on-1"s on one of 3 days that they were running for the new grad season. For me there were 3 interviews, although others had 4 or 5 depending on how many teams were interested in them. All three were coding questions, the first centered around css and javascript, the second a string/algorithm one and the final was a OO design.
I was notified about an offer by then end of that week since I went on the last day of the onsite interviews. The initial offer was amazing and I didn't feel compelled to negotiate.
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Question 1
I'm sure it varies depending on the team that is interested in you. For me, a lot of the questions were very similar to what Hacker Rank has on offer.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at X (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
Quick and easy. Overall took 3 weeks from the first phone call with recruiter to getting an offer. One of the most pleasant experiences I had interviewing, both on phone and onsite. Very smart and respectful people
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Question 1
Online assignment, tree based and previous experiences