I applied through university. I interviewed at Kik
Interview
sat in a room with two dudes. we just chatted about what they do and what I know. they talked about kik points, i talked about my work experience. we then talked about culture and did a coding question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how to fix this problem (it was a closure problem in javascript)
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Kik (London, ON) in Jun 2016
Interview
A applied via website on June 15th, 2016.
On June 27th I received the first phone call explaining about the role.
On June 30th it was the technical screening by phone with a Kik's web developer, which took 20 minutes. I could explain my background and the many related work I had with what they do. After that it was applied two programming tests in a web shared document without the possibility to run it. So I would code while they test.
One test you can see in the "interview question", which I took less than 5 minutes. The other was a regexp problem which took me some more minutes because I didn't remember much about regexp.
Everyone I talked with were really nice and explained everything they could. However, many questions I had (about the company or the technology) they didn't know how to answer.
In general, I thought I went really well and was really confident I was going to be invited for at least an in-person interview. However I received an email on July 8th saying I was dismissed. They didn't give me any feedback, making it very disappointing, confusing and frustrating.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an list with multiple directions ("N", "S", "E" and "W"), each direction would take 1 minute to complete. Return if the directions list can return to the same start location in 10 minutes.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kik (Waterloo, ON) in Jan 2016
Interview
Applied online, received a response in about a week. I live locally so I was asked to come in for an in-person interview. It was 45 minutes long, briefly talked about history and current developments, then did the coding challenge. All in all, solid interview, nothing too crazy. I was offered the position 2 weeks later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding challenge was string manipulation, fairly easy.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Kik (Waterloo, ON) in Jun 2015
Interview
Applied through campus recruiting (Waterloo) and submitted resume online. Had interview few days after, it was a easy question but I was exhausted (exams/anxiety) and choked during the coding challenge
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Write a function which returns if a letter is unique within a string