OpenTable·Software Engineer

OpenTable Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

San Francisco, CAPosted Feb 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I was allowed to skip the phone screen and go straight to an on-site interview, and the technical part went well.

I didn’t run into problems during the whiteboarding work, and I even had extra time afterward to ask the engineers questions. The vibe inside the company felt solid, including a cultural transition from a more process-heavy setup toward something more agile.

The non-technical conversations went really smoothly too—those with the director of engineering and the product manager made the role and team feel tangible. I walked in expecting a straightforward positive trajectory, but after the full day, the recruiter contacted me and said they wanted a take-home coding exercise to clear up concerns

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