J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Toast Inc (Boston, MA) en sept. 2019
Entretien
Without going into specifics due to NDA contract, I will try to be as specific as I can to provide some useful feedback. I was interviewing for a (greater than) senior engineer position (staff in their org chart).
Good experience overall. Work environment seemed friendly and not as hectic as a regular startup would be. At this point the company is already large enough that I cannot consider it a startup. Job security seems good as they are privately held with Series E funding. Engineers seemed competent and relatively experienced. You will be expected to act on many parts of the system.
Tips:
1. Brush up on system design. The interviewer I had was very good in drilling down into details and questioning your every decision. Make sure you can come up with justifications for everything you design.
2. Some SQL understanding would be great. I wasn't comfortable with writing queries on the fly but the interviewer was helpful enough to give me tips.
Questions d'entretien [4]
Question 1
Generic string manipulation algorithm. Talked through how to do testing and a generic system design question focused on scaling.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Toast Inc (Bengaluru) en avr. 2026
Entretien
I don't remember how I applied but I got call from HR, after initial phone screening they gave time slot to choose for interview. 1st round was HLD which was good and I passed. For next round they wanted 3 different slots. 2nd round was DSA which was also good and was on DFS. 3rd round code review which also went well. 4th round I messed up a bit in end but overall it was good. After that they scheduled 5th round and that was managerial round and that was very good. I was hopping for +ve feedback overall but got call from HR that review is avg and they will let me know in some days. After 1 week I followed up but no response and after call they told not selected as review was mixed.
If the pas round affect the overall rating then why to give hope. But overall the interview experience was good. Interviewers were very helpful.
I would love to apply again in future and would love to work with them.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Restaurant System
Menu traversal (DFS)
Code review
The whole process seemed like a waste of time. When the recruiter initially reached out to me they mentioned that they already had other candidates that passed the first round. Knowing this they scheduled out my first round 3 weeks later. I was really confused by this and emailed to clarify if we were still in alignment since others are further along in the process. They said it was fine since team is slowing down for the holidays. They closed the role the day before my interview. What was the point in stringing me along like that?
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez Toast Inc
Entretien
I had a weird interview experience with Toast. Unlike big techs, seems like they follow a yes/no binary template where you are expected to say the exact thing that have in their checklist rather than evaluating candidate’s problem solving, leadership, architecture skills. For example, they don’t care about the code logic, they just want a running code. They don’t care about the optimal system design solution, they want an exact SQL query. May be that is working out for them but that kind of yes/no interview style makes more luck dependent than actual skill evaluation.
Good thing is that the recruiter gave a transparent feedback.
