I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Reddit in Aug 2017
Interview
After an initial phone screen, I was given a coding exercise which consisted of one leetcode question in Swift and one debugging question in Objective-C. Next, I was given the opportunity to do a technical interview with the hiring manager on Zoom with Coderpad. This was the WORST interview I have ever been a part of. The interviewer didn't ask anything about me or my background, he didn't talk about the company at all, and he offered no help when I asked for clarification concerning the coding task (Tree Traversal). The question was worded a bit oddly, so I asked if he could explain it in a bit more detail. He proceeded to basically repeat the instructions word-for-word. After about 20 minutes of stumbling through some code that I thought would perform the task requested and attempting to get more clarity on the question, I realized what he actually wanted me to do. After confirming what I now realized was a basic tree traversal problem, I began working on that. About two minutes later (25 minutes in), the interviewer TOOK A PHONE CALL. That's right, he took a phone call in the middle of my interview and proceeded to put me and himself on mute while he had a conversation with someone else on the phone. I asked if he wanted me to keep going, but he paid no attention. After about 5 minutes of waiting for him to get off the phone, I just began working on my solution. He took around 10 minutes to finish up his call, which apparently was much more important. He then told me we were out of time and that I hadn't completed the task in time. He told me to walk through what I would have done had I been given more time. I explained my next steps, and he said something to the effect of "I think if you had more time, you would have done very well." - I'm now just really upset that I was given the opportunity to build and work on a product I love and enjoy, and it's all gone because one hiring manager decided a good time to take a phone call was during my interview. I've NEVER heard of anything this disrespectful happening in an interview. I'm disappointed in Reddit for letting something like this happen.
We appreciate you bringing this to our attention. We will be looking into this and taking immediate corrective action as we take our interview process very seriously. - Nick Caldwell, VP of Engineering
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Reddit
Interview
Basic interview setup, technical, system design, behavioral interviews. Takes an entire day to interview with them. Interviewers have a lot of experience in the industry. I’m happy to have had the opportunity to interview there
I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Reddit in Jun 2021
Interview
Worst interview experience ever!
Hiring process is broken. Gave an interview and it went well. Solved all the questions including coding exercise and interviewer told me that he is very happy with the way interview went and that I should hear back about the next steps.
Followed up with recruiter multiple time for a week and there was no response. Got a system generated email that they have decided not to move forward in the process.
Followed up with recruiter on more detailed feedback but no response again.
Don’t know why anybody will hire such recruiters. Fix the broken process. #shameshameshame
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical iOS theoretical questions and 1 coding question
I had a call with a recruiter and then a technical phone screen. Overall the recruiter seemed very disorganized.
They talked at me for 15 minutes without me getting a word in on the initial call. They rescheduled my technical screen at the last minute. 2 weeks after finally doing the tech screen I didn't receive any feedback so I had to ask for it myself.
I was told I had passed the tech screen but from that point forward I was ghosted by my recruiter. I followed up multiple times and still have heard nothing.
