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Re: My ROBLOX web intern application process story

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Unclear is not online. Unclear
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18 Apr 2016 05:01 PM
I'm writing this to help give a feel for the interviewing process for anybody who wants to intern for the web team and is eligible.

Some things about me that might be relevant:
- I'm 18 in my first year at the University of California, San Diego studying Mathematics–Computer Science. They are looking for people 18+ pursuing a degree, preferably a B.S. in computer science or related field.
- I have a strong background in machine learning and web development.
- I know Java/C/C++, HTML/CSS/JavaScript/MySQL/MongoDB, and Python to a pretty high degree. Some experience with PHP and Perl. Experienced with Django, Flask, and Meteor web frameworks. I launch web servers on DigitalOcean.

** Note that I was late for web intern applications, so huge shoutout to DieSoft for making things work out for me and giving me the guts to try. :')

The first interview was a phone screening where I was asked to talk about things on my resume and ask questions about ROBLOX if I had any. This was one of the classic behavioral interviews that check for culture fit and see whether you can talk about what you accomplished with some depth.

Right after, I was emailed a link to a coding test with five programming questions and I had to write solutions to each in a given amount of time. Since I professed to know HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Java I was tested on those languages.
Question 1 - 10 minutes
Question 2 - 15 minutes
Question 3 - 20 minutes
Question 4 - 20 minutes
Question 5 - 15 minutes

Relevant topics: language basics, string manipulation, scalability, data structure applications and design

About half a month later, I was then asked to do two phone interviews back-to-back. These interviews were live coding sessions with me on the phone talking with a senior engineer who could see me type code. I chose to use my primary interviewing language of choice, Python, because it isn't very verbose, fast for prototyping, and powerful.

Relevant topics: array manipulation/traversal, designing a database schema

It was a very exhausting process, but very rewarding. I ended up turning down KnuEdge (my current company) and Visa Inc. for ROBLOX for the summer.

:)
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TheClockworkProject is not online. TheClockworkProject
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18 Apr 2016 05:02 PM
I think the answer is 24.



:) Happy building!. -R3PORT-
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LordIntense is not online. LordIntense
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18 Apr 2016 05:02 PM
do u get payed


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Unclear is not online. Unclear
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18 Apr 2016 05:03 PM
@LordIntense

Yeah, pretty well.
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Phasers is not online. Phasers
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18 Apr 2016 05:03 PM
do you need to move country if you don't live near ROBLOX HQ
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LordIntense is not online. LordIntense
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18 Apr 2016 05:03 PM
i mean as a intern


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Unclear is not online. Unclear
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18 Apr 2016 05:03 PM
@Phasers

Yeah, you have to be on-site to intern.
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Phasers is not online. Phasers
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18 Apr 2016 05:04 PM
ah right ty, was just wondering
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Unclear is not online. Unclear
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18 Apr 2016 05:04 PM
@LordIntense

Exactly what I thought you meant, my answer still holds.
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Unclear is not online. Unclear
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18 Apr 2016 05:09 PM
@Phasers

But don't worry you won't go broke for flying over and renting a place, you'll be well over 0.
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Chosent is not online. Chosent
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18 Apr 2016 05:11 PM
If I ever chose to work for this site, it'd just be forum mod.



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Zealots is not online. Zealots
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18 Apr 2016 05:11 PM
congrats, unclear.

~Grand Master: The king of all kings. (14,022+ posts)[08'er]
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Gentaurg is not online. Gentaurg
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18 Apr 2016 05:11 PM
Cool.
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Kaserusrex is not online. Kaserusrex
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18 Apr 2016 05:13 PM
did they pay more then 20/hour

and how many hours a week did you work
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LordIntense is not online. LordIntense
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18 Apr 2016 05:14 PM
oh epik
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MoolegoTheCow is not online. MoolegoTheCow
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18 Apr 2016 05:16 PM
i'm pretty sure it's somewhere around 30 an hour
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Unclear is not online. Unclear
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18 Apr 2016 05:16 PM
@Kaserusrex

I work 40 hrs a week and will do the same at ROBLOX.

As for pay... yeah they do.
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Gentaurg is not online. Gentaurg
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18 Apr 2016 05:18 PM
What is your Typing Speed Unclear?
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Unclear is not online. Unclear
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18 Apr 2016 05:18 PM
@Gen

Idk man, it's probably around 100 wpm aka lower average. :(
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Gentaurg is not online. Gentaurg
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18 Apr 2016 05:19 PM
I guess this means I am more qualified for the job.
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Blandue is not online. Blandue
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18 Apr 2016 05:19 PM
12


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Theta0 is not online. Theta0
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18 Apr 2016 05:21 PM
congrats



ribbit
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Zach1102 is not online. Zach1102
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19 Apr 2016 11:34 AM
"css"

I would make a snide comment there but you probably had to make a stylesheet from scratch and that's tedious lol
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Unclear is not online. Unclear
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19 Apr 2016 11:36 AM
@zach

Tbh if you can't even write a stylesheet from scratch without Twitter Bootstrap or whatever you really don't know HTML or CSS. c:
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Zach1102 is not online. Zach1102
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19 Apr 2016 11:38 AM
boostrap is amazing but I dislike how it changes my colors

and I can write a stylesheet lol, I'm making a forum for my CS project

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