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      Consultant (C1) Interview

      25 Oct 2016
      Anonymous employee
      El Segundo, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Pariveda (El Segundo, CA) in Apr 2016

      Interview

      Note that I was interviewing as an experienced hire, rather than a new grad, even though I was interviewing for an "entry level" position. It's because I was changing industries. The interview process was long, and quite rigorous, consisting of an email chain, a phone screen, and a full 9-hour on-site interview. I was a bit psyched out when they called the day before my on-site to warn me that it would be tough, and not to feel bad if I was sent home early for poor performance. The phone screen consisted of some basic programming terminology and concept questions, and one big design question that took a much higher level approach. It was surprisingly insightful, inherently taught me something about the nature of the job, and was fun to answer. The interviewer was friendly, casual, but focused and presented a fair challenge. The job, even at the entry level, grooms entry level and developing employees for jobs higher up the ladder, I felt this was a good sign from my perspective. There was also a personality test, something they use to learn more about you that has no impact on whether you're hired. I think it was called the Personality Index or something; anyway, it was interesting, and painless, and when they give you the results it's eerily accurate. The on-site started with a big breakfast, and it was delicious. Not really important to the outcome of the interview, but was a great intro to the company culture, interview difficulty notwithstanding. Sitting down and eating with one of the other employees to chat and ease me into the process was great, whereas I've been taught the traditional wisdom is not to risk any kind of faux pas by even accepting a drink of water during an interview. After breakfast, was the whiteboarding session, which they call a "case," and was over two hours long, all one problem. I'll describe it below since Glassdoor doesn't let you review an interview without posting a question. After the case, I got to meet more employees and shoot the breeze with them, since I wasn't sent home early after the exhausting case. I had the chance to ask and answer questions in a very casual, friendly way. They took me to a really nice lunch where I got to chat with a manager and a senior developer about random, non-work-related stuff. After lunch, I met with the office VP for a personal interview, where I was asked the kinds of questions you would expect, about a time I had to make a hard choice, or felt underprepared for a hard task. Typical personality and history type stuff, though I felt there was a subtext and a side evaluation being done, like the questions weren't really the goal of that part of the interview. I think it was more an evaluation of my ability to stand up to pressure and scrutiny, in other words, my ability to interface with clients. Just a suspicion. Finally, they gave me the BAPT test, which was surprisingly fun, but stressful due to time limitations. You can look it up, it's basically a programming test with a fictional language, that tests your ability to learn and apply new languages to problems quickly. That took another few hours. At the end of the day, I was beat, and they said "if you get this job, this is how you'll feel at the end of a typical work day." I got an offer, and they were right, but to be honest I couldn't be happier because the work is fun, and I'm accomplishing and learning new things every day.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      We're not supposed to share details about the case, but basically you're simulating an actual project with client concerns and technical aspects rather than solving arbitrary programming projects. You get a packet of information and supporting documents, including the problem definition, some constraints, etc... about ten pages of stuff, and you have to architect a solution, which you later present before a panel, sort of like a Master's thesis defense you get two hours to prepare. This was more difficult, more revealing, and much more fun and interesting than the kinds of whiteboarding tests other tech companies love to give where they just make you barf out algorithms. Pariveda wants to see how you approach a real-world problem, how you design solutions, and what considerations you make in design, as well as a brief glimpse into your implementation skills. I personally agree with their approach, to focus on good architecture, design, resourcefulness, and even leadership in some cases, and fill in the blanks in code as needed, with emphasis on vision, process and design soundness rather than the minutiae of character-by-character compilation correctness. Anyone can learn to code well, can research an algorithm, can follow a debugger to fix code errors. Knowing how to code a hash table is not as important to a member of the workforce as knowing the best time, place, and method to apply one to a problem as part of a system of implementations. Just one man's opinion!
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      Other Consultant (C1) interview reviews for Pariveda

      Consultant (C1) Interview

      19 Feb 2018
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Washington, DC
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Pariveda (Washington, DC) in Jan 2018

      Interview

      The interview process was about 2 months long, but I went multiple weeks with zero response from the recruiter that was my contact through the process. Initially, I went through a phone screen and then came in for an on-site aptitude test (BAPT). It's a fun and engaging exam that lasts about 3 hours. Afterwards, I had lunch with a team member. A few days later, the BAPT results came in and a behavioral interview was scheduled with a VP in the office. The general idea behind the behavioral interview was to see what kind of exposure I had to solving problems and working with certain things. The VP wasn't confrontational but also wasn't very approachable. After that interview, it took 2 weeks for Pariveda to get back to me about moving forward with a case interview (despite following up with them multiple times). The case interview is a 3 hour presentation where I was given a hypothetical question and had to respond with a solution. It didn't require technical programming knowledge, but did involve developing a mathematical algorithm. After I worked on that for two hour, I presented my findings to a panel. From there, I waited almost two more weeks before receiving a phone call regarding their decision (again, despite following up with them multiple times). For a company that is consistently rated as one of the best companies on Glassdoor (something Pariveda loves to promote), I was disappointed in how little they care about future potential employees' time. I spent more time waiting for responses from Pariveda than I did prepping and interviewing for the position. The interview process is over the top, especially for an entry level position. The case interview isn't catered for an entry level candidate interview. Individuals applying for entry level positions don't have multiple years of experience, so Pariveda should consider re-developing their job position descriptions to cover this. Not hiring someone because they are "too junior" sounds like it's the candidate's fault/problem, but in reality it is Pariveda's problem.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Case Interview Question was about efficiency and time.
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      7

      Consultant (C1) Interview

      24 Jan 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Pariveda

      Interview

      There is a phone interview with the recruiter, then a semi-technical interview with one of the workers there, then there is a behavioural interview, after which you are brought on-site for a mix of technical and case studies interview. Overall, this company thinks it's a large prestigious company making you go through 4 rounds of interviews. One of which takes up the whole day. The interview with one of the management team made me felt like they care more about their reputation than their actual employees.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      For technical: Have you ever used sessions for API development?
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      3

      Consultant (C1) Interview

      2 Dec 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Pariveda (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      Interview process consisted of one 9am-5pm day at Pariveda's office in Bellevue. 9:00-10:00 Behavioral Interview with a VP 10:00-11:00 Coffee/Meeting with a Consultant or Associate level employee. 11:00-11:45 Lunch with VP(s) and Recruiter(s) 11:45-2:30 Case Study and Presentation of Solution to VP(s) and Recruiter(s) 2:30-5:00 B-APT Assessment (Proctored Exam) Behavioral Interview was normal, no questions too out of the ordinary. There's no great way to study for the B-APT aside from reviewing basic logic languages or knowing some assembly code type-language. The B-APT offers it's own programming language and tests you on its functionality from the ground up. The Case Study was difficult, but since they could present nearly any scenario it is hard to prepare for it. I suggest reviewing common algorithms, practicing other case studies, and making sure your presentation and communication skills are on par.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time when you disagreed with your boss/team leader, how you approached them about the disagreement, and how/if this affected the outcome.
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      2