I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Nextdoor (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2018
Interview
There is one phone screen with a technical recruiter and then two technical interviews.
In my experience, technical screens are usually back-to-back but Nextdoor offers the option to do them on different days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone screen: I was asked to explain what I knew about Nextdoor, my interest in Nextdoor, and what I was looking for in my next opportunity.
Technical screen: this was done through Google Hangouts. The engineer explained their background and then I was asked to talk about my background and what I was looking for in my next opportunity. We then proceeded to talk about one of my side projects and some technical concepts (REST APIs, CS concepts, etc.). This all led up to a technical question involving a graph data structure.
phone call into coding screen
coding screen -> full loop but decided to stop after passing the coding screen
next is the typical 4-5 hr interview day with coding, system design, behavioral, etc
standard 3 rounds of LC style coding, 1 system design, 1 behavior round. Passed all rounds but no matching team, no offer. Don't think they have a candidate pool that will keep you for a while. So make sure you have the team aligned before doing the interview; otherwise do not waste your time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LC style question, medium to hard with a couple of follow-ups.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Nextdoor
Interview
I began by speaking with the recruiter to understand the role and expectations. After that, I completed two technical coding screens. I then participated in a five-person panel interview, which included the hiring manager and involved additional coding exercises as well as a deeper discussion of system and architectural design.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The coding questions are straightforward and don’t include any tricks. Nextdoor keeps the problems closely aligned with their actual products, making them feel like realistic tasks you might handle as an employee.
