Algolia·Solutions Engineer

Algolia Solutions Engineer interview experience

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San Francisco, CAPosted Jul 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My path started with an outreach that turned into an unexpectedly long first conversation.

I went from an initial recruiting connection into a full hour call, and then the next steps moved into a technical coding challenge. The coding part felt a little intentionally vague: I was asked to build a front-end only autocomplete using their API, and I ended up also needing to bring in tools and styling choices like SASS or LESS and a build system similar to Gulp, with hosting on GitHub Pages. Alongside that, I had to answer questions about their system and pricing, and the combination of tooling requirements and business questions made the whole thing feel heavier than it sounded at

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