I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at IXL Learning (San Mateo, CA) in Feb 2026
Interview
3 stages:
1) recruiter
2) senior QA
3) different employees across various teams
Everyone was friendly and professional. As I was not living nearby at the time, they accomodated me by making it a remote interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic questions: previous experience, why I was interested in the role
During the technical portion they asked me to come up with a test plan on the spot for a new feature.I was later asked about some basic SQL queries.
First round with recruiter, assessment, QA Lead, meet the team (DEV, product owner, QA). Was a straightforward, communicative process. Last day was about four-five hours. Whole process was about 2 - 3 weeks.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at IXL Learning (San Mateo, CA) in Jul 2016
Interview
Applied online, found the job on LinkedIn. They contacted me for a phone interview about a week later and sent an assignment to do right away. Took another week and a half to respond after the assignment to schedule me for an on-site interview. They were very accommodating and everyone was friendly. 3 days before my onsite I received an offer from another company and was on a deadline so I asked if I could move up my onsite interview and they did. I was supposed to meet with multiple people during the onsite but after meeting with the first person (hiring manager) they said it wasn't going to work out and let me go because they knew I had another offer and didn't want to waste my time. The short onsite interview consisted on just talking about the role, past experiences and one technical example/question. I appreciate that everyone was accommodating and nice but was a little thrown off that the onsite ended so quickly, everything up until then was great.