For an associate product manager position, it only gets harder.
I quite enjoyed the back of the envelope calculations during the early calls, as well as talking about interesting products I had encountered recently.
It got quite interesting on-site. I really enjoyed the first couple of days of interviews, which focused on design ("design a shopping mall"). The last day was still fun, but less enjoyable, as it involved coding on a whiteboard, estimating the computational complexity, and then improving its efficiency. Then I was asked to spec out the requirements for adding unit tests to a programming language.
I felt the interviews were fair and well-balanced, the main sticking point for me was the emphasis on GPA and academic history.
I quite enjoyed the back of the envelope calculations during the early calls, as well as talking about interesting products I had encountered recently.
It got quite interesting on-site. I really enjoyed the first couple of days of interviews, which focused on design ("design a shopping mall"). The last day was still fun, but less enjoyable, as it involved coding on a whiteboard, estimating the computational complexity, and then improving its efficiency. Then I was asked to spec out the requirements for adding unit tests to a programming language.
I felt the interviews were fair and well-balanced, the main sticking point for me was the emphasis on GPA and academic history.