I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at HubSpot (Cambridge, MA) in Jan 2015
Interview
Very quick and straight forward interviewing process. Started with a phone call to chat about the company and the position, then an online 1-hour coding test, and finally half a day in house.
The online test included 2 questions, one very easy and one that required a little more code. For the in-house, everyone I met with was very nice and made sure I got to ask them everything I wanted about the company and their roles there. We went over a few extra pseudocode exercises mostly for them to see how I think and most of the time was spend chatting and getting to know each other. Very pleasant and laid-back overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you're a JS guy, make sure you understand your closures.
I applied through university. I interviewed at HubSpot (London, England)
Interview
I went through several rounds, including an initial screening, a technical assessment, and follow-up interviews. The process was well structured, but I found the technical part challenging because it required both problem-solving and clear communication under time pressure. The interviewers were professional, and the questions were relevant to the role. Although I did not receive an offer, the experience was still valuable and helped me understand the company’s expectations better.
Coding assessment with multiple levels. levels open up as you pass them. Time constraints looked tight. I could not get through all levels. It was related to Designing banking system.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at HubSpot (Dublin, Dublin)
Interview
Consists of an Online Assessment, followed by 3 rounds (2 System Design, 1 coding)
One of the System Design interviewer was less experienced (with an experienced shadow interviewer). I feel like they didn't drive it correctly, didn't ask me the right follow-up questions and eventually gave negative feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online Assessment: Multi-part question involving incremental development of a memory cache database
System Design 1: Design a weather widget to get data from upstream and display to customers
Coding Round: Incremental question involving API calls to get data, parse and do calculation
System Design 2: Design video streaming system (like Netflix)
