J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez IXL Learning (San Francisco, CA) en nov. 2015
Entretien
Applied online, heard back in a week or so and then set up a phone interview. Within 5 minutes of talking to the interviewer I didn't want to work for the company anymore. The interviewer was so dull and it felt like he had had the life sucked out of him? As in he was someone who wasn't passionate or excited by really anything, and someone who I didn't want to work with.
I'm fairly certain it was the same interviewer as the other reviewers, as the questions asked were the same (why IXL? how would you improve the website? and the silly jelly bean question). I withdrew from the application process before the next round as I had already signed an APM offer at a different company.
It should be noted that the APM position at IXL Learning is *not* like the position at all of the other companies in the area. It is *not* a 2-year rotational program and it's more of a Junior PM type of role. It's not really a program and more of a full-time job, which is not what I was looking for.
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Question 1
Why IXL? How would you improve the website? Silly jelly bean puzzle
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez IXL Learning (San Mateo, CA)
Entretien
Long process, onsite especially was ridiculously long with 6 back to back interviews with different people. Interview with PM -> take home case -> take home case review interview with PM -> full day onsite. Multiple recruiter calls to check in between rounds. Although everyone was very nice and culture seems great, overall unpleasant experience because of how long it was + multiple logistic mistakes by HR that dragged out the process. Can definitely tell they care a lot about their talent pipeline especially for APM and they are very picky for this role (role is open for almost a full year, last APM cohort was just 3 people). Easiest parts of the interviews were logic puzzles and behaviorals. Hardest: asked LC questions in technical interview with engineer during onsite which caught me off guard
I was first contacted by a recruiter who told me I would be interviewing with a current product manager. Then, I was told if the product manager liked me, there would be a take home assignment that I would complete and potentially moved to the final round.
J'ai passé un entretien chez IXL Learning (San Mateo, CA)
Entretien
Had a quick 30 min interview followed by a take home assessment and was asked to meet with a recruiter to talk about my solution. Didn’t hear back but overall communication was swift.
