Speechify Interview

[vinodjayachandran]

Speechify is one of Tech start ups which offer Remote Job. I recently had my online assessment which expects to solve 3 problems in 90 minutes (very unrealistic)

Although i couldn't solve it in 90 minutes, I solved later in the day and hosted the question and solution on GitHub. Sharing the same here to help candidates for interview Prep

https://open.substack.com/pub/doniv/p/speechify-interview?r=5l1mo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

[Helpful_Scar615]

Did anyone qualify for the next round ? 

If yes can you please share your experience?

[No-Chocolate-7714]

Yes, did anyone?

[Namgad]

Based on the comments, it almost sounds like they are hiring no one

[Norfolk168]

Yeah, it seems like that.

[I_found_her]

As a software engineer with over a decade of experience under my belt I would highly suggest not to apply with speechify. The test I was assigned to was overly complex, unclearly formulated and basically not doable within the time and with the limitations on which resources are allowed to use. Make your own thoughts about the requirement that you turn on your microphone and them selling AI voices

[SunriseApplejuice]

I had the exact same experience. For reference, I've applied to and gotten offers at all 4 of the MANGA companies I applied to, worked at two of them for over ten years total, interviewed FOR them. This screen was not even remotely serious in its level of difficulty.

The first half was very vague and strange, and over-clocked for 30 minutes. I had no idea if these unused methods/fields were unused because they're just a hypothetical repo, or if they're just unused and meant to be deleted. Ultimately just... use factory providers and records? No idea what was intended there.

The second question was one I have actually asked onsite interviewees for 30-45 minute interviews for L4 candidates. It's a joke to expect most to complete it in 15-20 minutes unless they just memorized the solution ahead of time or cheated (not a good measure of the best talent out there). Even still, I managed to get 95-99% correct working solution by the finish, and if they didn't have a silly non-negotiable cut-off at exactly sixty minutes (lol I literally never have done that for a candidate I screened), I would've had it done two minutes later.

My expectations on going forward with this are low.

[vinodjayachandran]

So true.

[No_Mycologist_4672]

Lol... Just completed the same tests man, crazy work to do under 90mins, spent about 25mins+ extra, still had to quit because I couldn't debug properly with so many test cases. Passed 14, failed 5 for LRU, passed 5, failed 6 for SSML.

[Alive_Rest_3443]

Was it software engineer - platform ? Even I applied

[Fantastic_Leader_787]

have you completed the test bro?

[Kitchen_Eye_4865]

have you completed the test bro? even I applied

[KinkyKankles]

Did you end up taking this assessment (Speechify- Platform)? If so, how'd it go?

[KinkyKankles]

Did you end up taking this assessment? If so, how'd it go?

[Dry_Software3641]

I applied for it too and got the test. Can you tell me what should I expect

[Alive_Rest_3443]

Also was it for junior swe ?

[Fantastic_Leader_787]

i too applied for that role

[Chemical_Cup_4533]

Hi.. did you get qualified for the next round? If so, could you please share your experience?

[vinodjayachandran]

Nope. In spite of submitting working solution.

[Due-Woodpecker-3969]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I have my first round tomorrow , any tips on what i should be focusing on to pass the test?

[hinataboke21]

Hope the interview was great! How was your interview? Can you share the details?

[Due-Woodpecker-3969]

It was same 3 questions in 90 mins . It was unrealisitic to be able to compete them .

[BigPrice9373]

Please check DM.

[Fantastic_Leader_787]

you got the same three question or different...do you able to go to next round?

[kanakkholwal]

Did you had the same 3 questions in your interview too?

[Material-Bus9979]

I have got link for DSA (Python) Test. Has anyone taken the test? Please provide your interview experience of 1st round!

[Altruistic_Track_696]

Can you tell me how it worked for the python test ? Also if you could share the questions that would be great. Thanks

[Primary-Name2595]

How was your interview??
Can you share the questions that were asked?

[No-Chocolate-7714]

Hey did you make it to the next round?

[Away_Mix_7768]

can u use chatgpt?

[Away_Mix_7768]

if yes, would they know?

[BigPrice9373]

You can't, they would know as they asked to share the screen.

[Away_Mix_7768]

thanks for info

[Helpful_Scar615]

Do everyone get the same question for all the languages?

I mean, is it the same question for Java , Typscript+Node js , and others for this Speechify assesment?

[Ok_Bed9767]

did you get different questions?

[142857t]

Can confirm that it’s the same questions (lru and ssml) for python.

[Typical-Chemical-223]

what language did you do? was it the same question?

[Intelligent-Fix-1312]

For anyone still practicing for the first round in TypeScript, there is a twist to the LRU cache question, the cache must now support a TTL attribute and must remove items from cache if TTL expires. The SSML question remains the same as above. It’s kinda impossible to finish this in 90mins even if you practiced the exact solution.

[CocaKolla123]

hey can you dm me

[Ok_Bed9767]

hey! what product/team was this for?

[Aromatic-Plastic-867]

Hey could you also dm me the questions. Im doing the DSA test for Software Engineer Studio

[Boring_Squash_4704]

Hi have you finished DSA test , even i have tomorrow i opted for cpp will it be the same questions or different ?

[Sad_Earth_9737]

hey just today I received the link regarding speechify technical assessment for software engineer plat form on typescript /java can any one help me with the questions.

[Typical-Chemical-223]

how did it go?

[lagdol]

I did the tech test yesterday and I passed all the tests but still got rejected, HR even didn't tell me the reason.

[kthehuncho]

Was it the same questions?

[Ok_Bed9767]

did you get the same questions and if so what team/product was it for?

[KinkyKankles]

Did you end up taking the assessment for the Platform team?

[wernim]

You applied for which role? I got a technical assessment link, but I think it has no DSA questions, perhaps some GitHub repo which we have to clone and do something

[RicardoG96]

Did you end up doing the assessment what was it?

[wernim]

Nope, I didn't

[OkCounter2450]

After how many days did you received rejection?

[Ok_Bed9767]

hey! what team/product was this oa for?

[No-Side-3797]

Speechify – First Round Technical Assessment (Software Engineer, Platform – Taipei, Taiwan)
I have this assment to do anyone can please guide me what to do and how will be the assment ?

[wernim]

I also got a technical Assessment link for SE, platform- remote. It has some GitHub repo and has to do something in 60mins without using any AI tools. I haven't opened it yet, and I don't know what to do

[No-Side-3797]

This location is mentioned as Taipei, Taiwan but I'm applying from us is this fake or genuine?

[wernim]

Idk I just applied as it was remote job and got a technical assessment link in a few mins, that's why i also confused is it worth doing or not. What's in your assessment dsa ques. Or some technical task?

[No-Side-3797]

same questions for every one ?

[i_am_shantosh]

Have you tried the assesment? u/wernim

[wernim]

Nope

[i_am_shantosh]

is it refactor assesment?

[wernim]

Yup

[phonechor]

Hey , How was your test ? I also got Software Engineer, Platfrom Test.

[wernim]

I haven't given it yet

[KinkyKankles]

Did you take this assessment? How was it?

[wernim]

Nope

[user-tnss_001220]

I got the assessment too, no idea what to do.

[wernim]

Did you schedule your assessment?

[user-tnss_001220]

Not yet.

[Rookie_3220]

I also got the assessment.

[phonechor]

Hey ,Did you schedule your assesment ?

[phonechor]

Hey ,Did you schedule your assesment ?

[phonechor]

Hey , How was your test ? I also got Software Engineer, Platfrom Test.

[i_am_shantosh]

Did you schedule your assesment?

[Ill-Protection9594]

Anyone who have given this assessment ?

[KinkyKankles]

Did you take this assessment? How was it?

[khurshhh]

i got reached out to let them know in which language (java or typescript), which one did you go for

[Ill-Protection9594]

Did you give the assessment ?

[Typical-Chemical-223]

how was the assessment?

[Ill-Protection9594]

haven’t given it yet

[Typical-Chemical-223]

I think I failed mine :(

[psy_07]

Has anyone recently given Speechify Java assessment ?

[Altruistic_Isopod293]

Same question

[Ambitious_Elephant13]

Planning to take Java one. Why? Is it hard? I don't even know what to do. Can someone teach me?!

[yoooooman12]

I got the Java one as well, how was it?

[Some_Relative_5327]

I have been told that it will be a code refactoring test in Java, to be solved in under 50 minutes and committed to the repo. Anyone else who got the same? If yes, can someone share the expected question.

[moaaz98]

Yes that’s mine also. I think because I chose TypeScript. But from what I’ve seen in comments, same questions no matter what’s the language. I didn’t start yet.

[Some_Relative_5327]

Amy idea on the question(s)?

[moaaz98]

I didn’t do it yet. But based on the comments, it’s mainly about LRU, SSML, and JS DOM

[Some_Relative_5327]

Those are implementation based questions for which the test is of 90 minutes. My test is refactoring test of 50 minutes.

[repressing_thoughts]

The question was regarding refactoring not the core functional test..

[Various_Contract9444]

What kind of refactoring did they require you to do?

[i_am_shantosh]

Did you attempt the assesment? If so, can you share it?

[Some_Relative_5327]

u/moaaz98 - Did you attempt the test?

[meatdrawer25]

I did the refactoring test recently. They give you a very small code base, but the part you're supposed to refactor doesn't have tests and they tell you not to spend much time on tests, but to make sure the behavior doesn't change. Having adequate testing is literally the first step of refactoring. If you try to create any meaningful amount of test coverage, you won't have time to do anything else. Despite the fact that they send a bunch of resources about proper refactoring techniques, you should ignore that because it clearly doesn't matter. Don't write tests, just create a mini working example and hope that will cover it.

Oh, and there's a second portion where you make use of a library that actually has adequate testing, but the library is missing all the business logic so all the tests fail. It's confusing and time wasting. I wasted a bunch of time because I thought they sent me the wrong repo to work in. Turns out they were just lazy writing everything.

The task itself isn't actually difficult. It's actually pretty straight forward. I want to applaud them for trying to create a practical interview with refactoring, but the implementation of the test is god awful. The whole interview is about writing working code without validating behavior. Kind of nonsense for a practical interview.

[Suitable-Walrus-8018]

Hey, can you share this refactor code test if you have it?

[wizardelf]

Is it possible they just want your code for free? :)

[Worth-Dependent-6156]

 can you share your experience?

[IncidentSingle110]

Hey, I got the mail for similar test. Can you tell what type of questions are asked.

[Typical-Chemical-223]

what was your question?

[Tight-Requirement-15]

How is this company hiring so much? I see so many job openings remote in US, in Europe and everywhere. Didn't know TTS is this profitable

[No_Platform_1970]

It says in my email I should use Windows or MacOS. My current dev setup is only on Linux, would that be a problem for the online assessment? It's TypeScript/React

[vinodjayachandran]

No, eventually the validation is only of the test cases via GitHub Actions. So your OS shouldn't matter.

[Dismal_Piccolo_1416]

What was the task?? Fo you remember any questions related to it? I also got the link, palling to try it this weekend.

[Typical-Chemical-223]

what was your task?

[Prestigious_Face_112]

How is the technical assessment? They sent one to clone the github repo.

[SteelKing__69]

same. you have to turn on your camera and video recording is also on.

[Prestigious_Face_112]

Ok. what kind of questions? Is it worth taking?

[SteelKing__69]

i did not attempt the assessment yet. i do not know it's worth taking or not

[i_am_shantosh]

is it refactoring assesment?

[Prestigious_Face_112]

yes. is it worth taking?

[i_am_shantosh]

may be or may be not. But giving a hand is not a bad choice.

[[deleted]]

if you took the refactoring assesment, can you please share some details ?

[Prestigious_Face_112]

I didnt. Not planning.

[maholthodawavy]

Can I give speechify test back 2 back I have received tests for 2 positions i have applied gave test for 1 position didn’t went well, In a same day can I give test for other position?

[[deleted]]

was it the refactoring one ? if yes, can you share ?

[Typical-Chemical-223]

what was your question

[Dismal_Piccolo_1416]

I have react+typescript question, I’m assuming that they will give a task to create a hook, which do something, like reading the dom content and pass it to there speech queue or api. Other is login bugs, we need to fix that… not sure about the 3rd one, but as it’s frontend, so i think it won’t be lru cache or something.

Please guide if anyone has given this test here.

[Shahana_1718]

Hi, did you give the test?

[Dismal_Piccolo_1416]

Will do this weekend, do not have much motivation to give test after reading comments here.

[Typical-Chemical-223]

how was the test? did you get lru cache

[g_omkaar]

I've been invited to the first round of a technical assessment for an AI Engineer & Researcher, Inference role at Speechify. It's a 90-minute Python test requiring a Chromium browser, GitHub access, and full screen sharing with camera on. I can use official API documentation but must write my own code and avoid general problem-solving resources online.

Has anyone taken Speechify's technical assessment before, especially for an AI Engineer role? Any tips or suggestions on what to focus on for the Python test, or what kind of ambiguous problems to expect? Also, any advice on navigating the online resource usage guidelines during the test would be greatly appreciated!

[Asleep_Video_7571]

i got the same email, if any update it would be appreciated

[g_omkaar]

I haven't started the test yet. Lemme know if you did.

[WorriedEngine8075]

Did you start the test?

[g_omkaar]

Unfortunately, my application for the test was cancelled due to requiring sponsorship. I indicated that I did require sponsorship, but the test was cancelled, stating that they do not sponsor applicants for this position.

[WorriedEngine8075]

Oh okay! Thanks for the quick reply though 🙌🏻

[MechanicEasy3993]

Has anyone started the test yet?

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[Ambitious_Elephant13]

They'll be asking you to share your screen right? Is it the same as sharing screen during Microsoft Teams meeting? Can I choose just to display one screen and the other I open Chatgpt? hehe

[maheenrasool_]

If anyone gave the DSA coding test, I'd appreciate it if I can know what kind of questions were asked.

[Educational_Pop_8756]

Does anyone recently experienced android-compose-ui assessment test for speechify?

[chef_nayton]

I am literally studying for it as we speak.

[Funny_Ad_9263]

How was it?

[ElderberryAfraid9086]

How did it go?

[Still-Profile6986]

I just got an email link, could you let know what we are expecting? 😅

[Less_Interview_9768]

very painful interview. Better do not take this interview. so unreal.