Knewton interview questions

Brief phone interview, hour remote technical interview, half day of (mostly technical) interviews at their office. It felt suspiciously easy. I would be wary of them using you for interview practice. That is the best explanation I can think of given that (1) they had a practice interviewer for an hour, and (2) their purported reason for not making an offer was that I did not have a specific technical skill, of which there was no mention until then. Other explanations are possible, but I would make sure to ask if there are any specific technical skills required. On the other hand, everyone I interviewed with seemed intelligent and nice. I think they would be enjoyable to work with. The experience was enjoyable, in a sense, but felt like a waste of time.

Hiring process seemed easy difficulty level. Question were pretty straight forward and easy if you have worked with distributed services. Its easy to crack Knewton. Feedback was pretty quick for initial rounds, but in person feedback where I was said "No", they played the classic hide and seek. Finally on follow up I was rejected and when I requested some constructive feedback, I was told they are looking for someone who worked in Ed Tech. Well my only complaint with Knewton why did they waste my 10 hours if they never wanted someone with my background. All the best Knewton and I hope you do better job with filtering the candidate to start with.