I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Hotjar (Wrocław) in Nov 2017
Interview
The process is quite non-standard and fun. It's really cool because one gets a chance to collaborate with the hotjarians, so she can see how the communication in the company works. Another thing is: most of the companies require you to do some coding exercises, but that's the first time I had to do a demo of the code I've written.
The downside is the length of the process - it can take even 2 months to finish all the stages.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you implement a user session recording feature, both front-end, and back-end?
Thanks for the candid feedback of both the upside and downside. We're continuously trying to tweak our process to optimize it for both the candidate and for Hotjar. Info like this is very helpful.
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Hotjar in Sept 2018
Interview
A very good thought out interview. I completed the form on their site and after a week or so I was contacted to make video of myself answering 4 questions.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Hotjar in Aug 2017
Interview
It was quite a long process: initial application, video answering questions, interview, big coding task and review of that task. However it really gave me a good chance to meet how Hotjar works from the inside and make sure both that I was a good fit for them, and them a good fit for me. It works both ways.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The test was really cool to do and prepare. Felt a bit like a real project where you could play around a bit.