Dailyhunt

1. Application and resume shortlisting

Candidates apply through Dailyhunt's careers page, campus drives or employee referrals, with resumes shortlisted based on relevant engineering, content or product experience and academic background.

2. Online coding or assessment round

Engineering roles typically face an online coding test on data structures and algorithms, while content and product roles may get a case-based exercise or writing assessment instead.

3. Technical or functional interview

One or two rounds with team members assess coding ability and system design for engineering roles, or content strategy and regional market understanding for content and product roles.

4. Cross-functional or portfolio round

Product, data and content candidates may present a portfolio or past work sample, discussing the impact of their decisions on user engagement or content quality.

5. Hiring manager round

The hiring manager evaluates ownership, past project impact, and fit with Dailyhunt's fast-moving, large-scale consumer content platform serving hundreds of millions of users.

6. HR interview and offer

A concluding HR round covers compensation, joining timelines and policies, and typically results in an offer after final calibration among interviewers.

Dailyhunt's interview process typically runs over two to three weeks, with the exact rounds depending on whether the role is technical, data-led or content and product focused.

Round 1: Online coding or assessment round

Engineering candidates solve data structure and algorithm problems online, while content and product candidates complete a case study or short writing exercise relevant to Dailyhunt's platform.

• Arrays, strings and basic algorithm problems
• A short case on improving regional content discovery

Round 2: Technical or functional interview

Interviewers probe deeper into coding and system design for engineering roles, or content strategy and audience understanding for content and product roles, using real examples from the app.

• Designing a content recommendation feature
• Handling scale for a high-traffic regional language app
• Evaluating a piece of regional content for quality and relevance

Round 3: Cross-functional or portfolio round

Product and content candidates walk through a portfolio or past project, explaining the reasoning behind key decisions and their measurable impact.

• Presenting a content or product initiative you led

Round 4: Hiring manager round

The hiring manager checks ownership, communication and how you have driven measurable impact in past roles or projects at scale.

• Describe a project where you improved a key metric
• Handling ambiguity in a fast-growing consumer product

Round 5: HR round

The final round covers compensation, notice period and joining formalities.

• Salary expectations and preferred location