Zocdoc·Software Engineer

Zocdoc Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Oct 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through what looked like a pretty standard sequence: a phone-style kickoff, then Skype, then an onsite with a mix of algorithm and design-style interviews.

Even though the format was familiar, the tone of the process felt a little mismatched—like it was trying hard to be edgy and startup-like while still feeling corporate behind the scenes.

During the Skype stage, I ran into a specific kind of mismatch around the coding question. I gave what I believed was an optimal solution, but the interviewer seemed to have a particular trick or expected framing. I ended up having to pivot into a less optimal brute-force approach and then optimize it in the way they wanted, which made the whole evaluation feel oddly inflexible.

At the end of the onsite,

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