I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at UnifyID
Interview
Really weird and rude experience - recruiter reached out to me after I applied online saying that the hiring team was really interested in my qualifications. I get on a call with them (which now just feels like a waste of 1 hour of my time). After the call, they said that my background lines up with what they are looking for and to clear some time for later in the week when they would send the next technical interview. Suddenly get an email the week after saying to wait 1 more week since they are busy internally. Then I get a generic rejection email saying they are no longer interested. Like if you are going to play around and not treat this process seriously, why are you even interviewing and wasting other people's time? Big red flag - would think twice about applying/interviewing for them again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe what kind of machine learning projects you have been involved with in the past?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at UnifyID (Redwood City, CA) in Feb 2020
Interview
An engaging self-contained one-day homework project, multiple phone screens over the course of a few of weeks, then a 4-hour on-site interview. Everyone along the way was very pleasant and helpful, and seemed genuinely passionate and excited about the company and the work they were doing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had multiple job offers of comparable benefits and salary and work, what would be the aspect that of one company or another that would be your final deciding factor?
I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at UnifyID
Interview
Met representative at the career fair which lead to an online application. Phone interview with technical lead followed by a relatively ambiguous take home project followed by another "soft" phone interview. Last was an onsite interview that consisted of five or six 45 minute meetings with various team members. The majority of these meetings were not very technical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Estimate multivariate gaussian population parameters from data.