I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Doc.ai (Palo Alto, CA) in Jan 2020
Interview
Online assessment through Hackerrank, 3 questions to solve in 1 hr 30 minutes. Algorithmic/Data structure questions. One graph.
Next was a live coding session pertaining to building a few pieces of an app.
Final onsite round was done remotely - questions pertained to how to structure an app, and give a code review, and the following were asking general questions on code culture, passions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hackerrank questions - Network of course dependencies, with some requiring some prerequisites, schedule the shortest path to graduate while meeting all dependencies.
Find the shortest substring that matches the DNA fragment given mutations can occur.
Behavioral:
Why healthcare? Why AI? Why this company?
General "review this PR"
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Doc.ai in Feb 2021
Interview
Recruiter responded well to a tight timeline and arranged a quick loop and screening calls. Initial conversations were ok however there were some pretty serious signals that caused me to drop out.
Nobody seemed to have any idea about what was going to happen to the company post acquisition. This makes joining at this time a risk for anyone applying.
On the loop panel was a member of leadership who actively participates in engineering at the company. They micromanaged the coding challenge and obliterated creative space which is a critical cultural signal for me personally.
The external recruiter blindly insisted culture was a fit with no data
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard island search problem for the coding sample, other system design questions
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Doc.ai (Palo Alto, CA)
Interview
The interview process was pretty straightforward, just asked more practical-focused questions rather than conceptual or algorithms. Overall I found the interview process to be pretty simple, short, and predictable. The interviewers did not try to trick me or ask me any obscure questions, the focus was definitely on best-practices and coding techniques I normally use.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What was your most difficult technical challenge and how did you resolve it?