Freelancer applicants have rated the interview process at Toptal with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Freelancer roles take an average of 6 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Toptal overall takes an average of 9 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Toptal as a Freelancer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Presentation: 50%
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The hiring process includes tests and interviews. Once accepted, you still have to apply to freelance gigs independently. The issue is that sometimes these gigs get canceled by the clients and it's a time waister. However lots of opportunities seem legit
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Proficiency in your job + language (automatic tests) and interviews with recrutier
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Toptal in Dec 2020
Interview
The interviews are split in 4 phases: 1. One English language interview (it lasted 5 mins) 2. An online coding interview with 3-4 data structures and algorithms problems 3. A live coding session with 2 easier problems (each problem should be solved in about 15 mins) 4. A take-home project based on some requirements they send you via e-mail
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One of the questions was to compute some change based on a list of numbers, or something like that.
The process was fairly long but they were up front with the the expectations of it. You can get more info on all the stages on their site. That's the gist of it. Final project is quite time consuming