I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at The Trade Desk in Jul 2024
Interview
I did the interview in Jul 2024. The overall processes are quite similar to what others have described. My personal experience:
- Average questions, both the problem solving (algorithmic) & system designs questions are not too difficult.
- There was a non-standard system design question where the interviewer spent 15 mins describing an existing system with lots of components and ask where the bottleneck can be. I think I didn't do very well on this one.
- There was 2 supposedly onsite interview but when I arrived there there was no-one greeting me, both the recruiter and interviewers were not in the office during that day, and I just went to their office to make a zoom call LOL, big thumb down.
Ended up being down-level from what I applied for without a clear reason. I tried to negotiate but the recruiter didn't get back to me, overall bad experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(1 of the Onsite system design qs) given an existing system with lots of components and spot where the bottleneck can be
I applied online. I interviewed at The Trade Desk (Singapore) in Feb 2026
Interview
1. Applied Online.
2. Received/Completed Hackerrank Online Assessment.
3. Recruiter call about the role, salary expectations and leveling -- expecting next technical interview
4. One week later recruiter reached out that the role has been filled.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at The Trade Desk in Sept 2025
Interview
Online Assessment, followed by a Hiring Manager interview that was System Design + Behavioral. Didn't pass that stage, was not given a reason, but I assume it was the system design portion. Next stage would have been a loop (2 coding + 1 system design).
I interviewed at The Trade Desk (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
- recruiter
- hiring manager chat about exp
- coding screen
- onsite
Overall pretty standard interview and good experience hence why i joined. interviews were collaborative and practical rather than obscure algorithms