I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Moz in Oct 2014
Interview
I filled out an online application for a Senior Developer position at Moz. I was contacted a week later for an interview with their Technical Recruiter. I gave a pretty wide range of availability but said that if possible I'd prefer later in the day, but anytime was doable.
The recruiter called me about 15 minutes late. She stated that she was leaving the next day for a 3 week vacation. The interview went alight, none of the questions were overly difficult, however I felt that I was leading the discussion, not the recruiter. She seemed distracted, probably by the fact that I would be the last person she was talking to prior to being off for the next 3 weeks. At the end she told me if I had any questions I could contact another recruiter while she was out.
I waited about a week and contacted the other person, she got back to me right away and said that she wasn't sure about anything, but that she would find out and get back to me the next day. I received no response, so after about 2 more weeks I emailed again and still haven't heard anything back after 2 weeks.
I find it unprofessional to just ignore a candidate's emails. If the recruiter did not feel I was a good fit for Moz then it shouldn't be that difficult to write a 2 sentence email stating that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a project you worked on in a non-technical way.
Hi! I am sorry you didn't have a better experience interviewing with us. Not getting a response from us is not how we like to handle interviewing at Moz. We hope to do better and we are continuing to learn. This feedback is very helpful to us and I am happy to provide a more detailed answer as to why we didn't move forward, if you would like to reach out to me directly, emmi@moz.com. Thanks for your time.
Positive experience
Average interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Moz (Vancouver, BC) in Nov 2020
Interview
First round was a call with a recruiter where he described the company and the culture. Next up was a coding session with one of their senior developers. It was very relaxed and low pressure, like working with a peer. Then there was a series of 5 back to back interviews with various other Moz employees, each with a different focus (ie, system design, coding, project management style, etc). It was all very relaxed and was a great experience overall.
Although I ended up not taking the job due to another opportunity popping up, based on my experience with this interview process and speaking with the team at Moz I would not hesitate to apply again in the future.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was provided some data and asked to sort it based on some given criteria.
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Moz (Vancouver, BC) in Sept 2019
Interview
Although it took close to 9 weeks from start to finish due to rescheduling on both my and the company's part; the recruiter and everyone involved were extremely accommodating. The interviews were relaxed and laid back with the obvious technical questions involved. There was a take home project aspect that was required prior to the interview which encompassed building a single page app from the ground up. This in itself was time consuming especially if you have a day job like I do but it was fun to do and experiment with new tech and I preferred this to coding in front of a group. Be prepared to set aside at least 10 hours to finish it top to bottom. All told it was a good learning experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Build a single page app that ingests a csv and displays time-based metrics using a language of your choice.