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I've applied to TopHat in the past. I and found their hiring process to be humiliating and waste of time for serious developers. I would have linked the a prev

I've applied to TopHat in the past. I and found their hiring process to be humiliating and waste of time for serious developers. I would have linked the a previous hacker news thread if I could because their was a stream of complaints from other developers who applied and found their hiring process broken. I routinely interview for jobs because it good practice so I expect certain things but TopHat stood out as bottom of the barrel process. I would ask they share if they've improved their hiring process over the years, since what I say could have changed.

Nerudite 9y ago
I recently moved to Toronto and found myself in job search mode again. I interviewed at 3 different places and though I wouldn't say TopHat's was an absolute waste of time, it was the least pleasant. The initial call was nice enough, though the second stage was algorithm and optimization focused. You should be fine if you're comfortable with HackerRank-like problems with optimizations and search-based algo problems, otherwise good luck. There's also a third on-site stage, though I can't speak to that experience. The second person interviewing me clearly didn't want to be there, and gave no shits except for the most precise solution. Even though I produced correct answers and walked through my thought process, he kept pressing for something 'faster'. And no, I didn't nest a bunch of for loops.
modzu 9y ago
they post every month and always the same sort of comments; their ad is bordering on spam imho
c2h5oh 9y ago
Former employee: used to be a shitty place to work at, but I head inserting CTO as a buffer between CEO and Dev team has helped. The fact it was necessary is something worth thinking about.
katyi 9y ago
Hey there. Thanks for your comment. I've been recruiting here since the Spring for the prod/eng roles. I think we have improved the process quite a bit in that time. Can you let me know the kind of things that could use improvement from your perspective? I would appreciate any feedback you could give! cheers! -Katy

Nerudite 9y ago

I recently moved to Toronto and found myself in job search mode again. I interviewed at 3 different places and though I wouldn't say TopHat's was an absolute waste of time, it was the least pleasant. The initial call was nice enough, though the second stage was algorithm and optimization focused. You should be fine if you're comfortable with HackerRank-like problems with optimizations and search-based algo problems, otherwise good luck. There's also a third on-site stage, though I can't speak to that experience. The second person interviewing me clearly didn't want to be there, and gave no shits except for the most precise solution. Even though I produced correct answers and walked through my thought process, he kept pressing for something 'faster'. And no, I didn't nest a bunch of for loops.

modzu 9y ago

they post every month and always the same sort of comments; their ad is bordering on spam imho

c2h5oh 9y ago

Former employee: used to be a shitty place to work at, but I head inserting CTO as a buffer between CEO and Dev team has helped. The fact it was necessary is something worth thinking about.

katyi 9y ago

Hey there. Thanks for your comment. I've been recruiting here since the Spring for the prod/eng roles. I think we have improved the process quite a bit in that time. Can you let me know the kind of things that could use improvement from your perspective? I would appreciate any feedback you could give! cheers! -Katy