process Veeva Final

[uneven laurel]

may I ask your timeline?

[brisk spoke]

January: Applied 02/01: OA, 02/08: Final, 02/16: Final behavioral

02/17: Sent reference checks

[runic kestrel]

any tips on how to prepare for their phone/behavioral

[solemn delta]

They prioritize cultural fit

They want someone who will stay at their company for a long time

Technicial questions: My team asked me questions that tested reading comprehension, understanding what the inputs and outputs are and what the solution needs to do

No fancy algos or esoteric data structures needed to solve the problem. There is no need to study leetcode in advance for the kinds of problems I got

My team didn't really give a lot of time for the coding part, but they let me abstract out the parts of the solution that were less important

Behaviorals: My team asked a LOT of behaviorals, and they really tried to pry deep into situations such as at previous internships, including successes, failures, and my relationship with other colleagues.

They also asked a lot about personal strengths and weaknesses.

My team can talk a shit ton, was wearing my mind down. I stuttered and repeated myself a lot since I have a somewhat strong natural stutter(i never ask for accomodations)

[brisk spoke]

And be prepared for questions like “why didn’t you go back to X company on resume? Are you planning to go back?”

[solemn delta]

Part of my opinion is try not to feel too threatened if they start to be intrusive with the behavioral questions they ask

[solemn delta]

Yup, intrusive like that

Yup

I got asked verbatim that

[brisk spoke]

Also questions like “would you want to stay long term at Veeva”

[solemn delta]

They didn't ask me that

[brisk spoke]

What is there at Veeva to make you stay long term?

[solemn delta]

But it's a very important cultural trait at veeva

[brisk spoke]

They value cultural fit more than technical

[solemn delta]

Veeva uses good WLB + fully remote work to build teams that will stay and maintain the product for a long time without having to pay faang level

If that makes sense

[brisk spoke]

Because honestly I would rate my performance as like 7/10 in the technical

You really have to drive the fact that you want to stay at Veeva

[solemn delta]

I'd say that's important

From what Most people say about the company

[brisk spoke]

Prepare for: Why Veeva? Where do you see yourself in 5 years at Veeva?

[solemn delta]

I guess you could prepare for those

You might not be asked verbatim that

[brisk spoke]

Also the technical with engineering manager matters the most. I didn’t do well in that technical but I was honestly answering all the probing questions he had

[solemn delta]

There's also a lot of behavioral things that the interviewer decides probably

Technical does matter

At least get a conceptual solution written

Even if some of the logic is abstracted

[brisk spoke]

Yes as long as your explain approach even if you can’t implement it completely, you will pass

Also be prepared with how some languages store data structures

[solemn delta]

But I'd say that one of my interviewers was kind of critical about how I brainstorm for coding problems

[brisk spoke]

I was asked about it in Java

[solemn delta]

Yeah veeva is big on java

Yup

[brisk spoke]

In the recruiter round do not say you cannot do Java. That is their main language for technical and OA.

They have mobile teams but I think it’s relatively niche compared to Java

[solemn delta]

Oh you already did the final

[brisk spoke]

Ya

[solemn delta]

Didn't notice your timeline

[brisk spoke]

Aaaah no problem

[solemn delta]

@runic kestrel here's a lot of potential things u should consider

Anyways good luck dude

[brisk spoke]

Recruiter call you need to vibe with the recruiter and if they mention about OA then you pass

[solemn delta]

Gl to both of you

[brisk spoke]

Good luck to everyone with their interviews! I’m also fingers crossed 🤞

[runic kestrel]

wow thank you both so much for the info @brisk spoke @solemn delta

one more thing if u guys don’t mind. was the OA leet code styled questions? like mediums

[brisk spoke]

Yes

[solemn delta]

^

[runic kestrel]

thanks

[woven solar]

lots of great information here @brisk spoke were your technical rounds with the engineering manager leetcode style questions or more like @solemn delta's ?

[marble zephyr]

Are there referrals for this company. I am interested in working for them

[brisk spoke]

Mix of leetcode and OOP as I mentioned

There have referrals I think but I blindly applied to the role.

[brisk spoke]

I now have another meeting booked with the talent attraction manager. But they only reached out to only one of my references???

[craggy bluff]

I guess its an offer call

[brisk spoke]

Hopefully 🤞

[untold wolf]

Good luck!

[brisk spoke]

@craggy bluff do you have any questions about Veeva? I’m not accepting any friend requests right now. I can answer them here

[craggy bluff]

yea, just wondering when Veeva will call for reject after final round? heard from some people that Veeva called them hours after final to reject.

cuz I saw you said you have some friends received the reject call

[brisk spoke]

They call on phone

And then email

[craggy bluff]

Okay. Like how long they took to make their decision

[brisk spoke]

Next day I got a call saying I have another chat with a talent manager about my interests etc

I mean email

Email

[craggy bluff]

I see thanks for sharing

[untold wolf]

Next day, you mean next day of 02/08: Final?

[brisk spoke]

Yes

[midnight smelt]

Hey @brisk spoke can you please tell what did they ask in the first behavioral, and how long did it last?

I meant in the very first recruiter round?

It would be really helpful, thank you.

[brisk spoke]

Mostly stuff like what brought you to software engineering, why Veeva, what are your programming languages of choice (say Java), what are your hobbies?

It was just 30 minutes

You should really show interest in Veeva and it’s work and show that you want to stay at the company for a long time

[kind cloud]

@brisk spoke just had my final round last Wed! how did it go for you?

I'm curious about how long they take to get back to us

[brisk spoke]

I have a call tomorrow with the Talent Attraction Manager tomorrow regarding final results.

[brisk spoke]

Very fast. Veeva doesn’t wait around like Google.

[kind cloud]

haha that's nice

best of luck!

[brisk spoke]

🤞

[kind cloud]

when did you get the email about scheduling the results call?

was it ~1 week? or even less?

[brisk spoke]

So as above 02/08 Final. 02/09 Call to schedule final behavioral. 02/16 final behavioral. 02/17 call to check references. 02/22 call to book final decision call. 02/27 final decision call???

Afaik people are saying it’s an offer because logically why would you make a candidate book a 30 minute zoom call with the manager on calendly if you want to reject them. Veeva afaik emails or calls on phone to reject.

[brisk spoke]

Final round. I think I performed better behaviorally over technically.

[brisk spoke]

But I can’t be too confident seeing how companies change so fast so fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞

[kind cloud]

oh interesting, you had a "final" and a "final behavioral"? my final was with the team and it was 2.5 hours

is the final behavioral after the team round?

[brisk spoke]

My final was 3 interviews: coffee chat plus one technical plus one technical and resume deep dive mix with engineering manager

[kind cloud]

yeah that was mine too!

[brisk spoke]

Yea I think it depends with team whether they conduct the final behavioral and reference checks.

[kind cloud]

mmm gotcha, thank you for the info. so I'm potentially not done yet huh 😭

oh man

[brisk spoke]

Yea I thought I was done

Prepare for questions like why Veeva and why you want to stay with the company

Also be ready for questions like what would you bring to the team etc

[kind cloud]

so you interview with the same team right?

also this is so helpful you have no idea

I really needed this info lol, Veeva info is scarce

[brisk spoke]

The talent manager is not associated with team afaik it’s just to gauge your interest in the EDP program

But the reference checks are done by the EM of the team you interview with

Glad I could be of help

[kind cloud]

EDP program = Veeva new grad?

[brisk spoke]

I know the info is very scarce

[kind cloud]

if you're rejected by the talent manager, that equals a rejection right

[brisk spoke]

Yes

[kind cloud]

oof haha

[brisk spoke]

But I think it’s very rare to be rejected by the talent manager unless you aren’t prepared for common questions.

[kind cloud]

makes sense. how long is that interview?

gonna prep up for those questions you mentioned

[brisk spoke]

30 minutes

[kind cloud]

best of luck on your results!

will lyk how it goes

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I need this loll

[runic kestrel]

tips on phone?

[brisk spoke]

Phone?

I don’t think I had a phone interview

[runic kestrel]

the round before oa (behavioral)

i have it in a week

[brisk spoke]

Wrote it here

[runic kestrel]

fuck i don’t have any projects in Java 💀

the only thing I do in Java is leetcode

[brisk spoke]

JavaScript?

[runic kestrel]

i use javascript yea

[brisk spoke]

They have teams for JS

Then great!

But you would be locked to Js for the OA fyi

So be ready to do OA in JS

[runic kestrel]

oh nah

[brisk spoke]

So they lock the language when they send OA so you can switch between languages

Just letting you know

[runic kestrel]

i cant or i can?

if asked to work in either java or javascript, do u think they would care if i choose javascript? bc u mentioned tbst they emphasize a LOT of java

[brisk spoke]

Sorry you can’t switch

[brisk spoke]

Hmm you can say that you can do both Java and JS but you want to do OA in JS

[runic kestrel]

i only use javascript for projects tho, im much more comfortable using java for leetcode

💀

[marble zephyr]

I got an email form them last week to schedule a 30 min interview. But the next availability is like in June lol

[midnight smelt]

Hey @brisk spoke thanks to your messages, qualified the first round.

Can you please tell how many questions are there in the OA?

[sage marsh]

@brisk spoke does veeva have team for python ?

[brisk spoke]

No

[brisk spoke]

3 its mentioned above or in other process posts

[midnight smelt]

Can you please tell, what kind of leetcode questions were asked? Was it graph? Dp?

[brisk spoke]

No graphs/dp

Leetcode mediums max lots of string manipulation

[midnight smelt]

can you please tell me what were the questions?

[viral reef]

.

[brisk spoke]

I would be violating server rules then. There are 3 LC easy-mediums no graph/dp but using other data structures.

[runic kestrel]

l should i expect something similar on the java OA?

[runic kestrel]

i have the OA coming up and don’t know what to expect. it is in CodinGame

[brisk spoke]

I think the questions are same for everyone afaik

[brisk spoke]

Yea it’s like hackerrank where you fill in the function definition

[runic kestrel]

how was the difficulty of the OA

[brisk spoke]

easy-medium

No hards I think

since you have to do 3 in like 80 minutes.

[runic kestrel]

is it proctored? @brisk spoke I never used CodinGame

[brisk spoke]

No idea. I believe so but there is no webcam proctoring.

[runic kestrel]

@brisk spoke did u score perfect on the OA? i completed it recently and i missed a few test cases 😭

[runic kestrel]

when can i expect to hear back about my oa results 💀

[brisk spoke]

Yes

[brisk spoke]

Within 3 days according to Veeva

[flat carbon]

Does they require screen share for the final round team day?

[midnight smelt]

Hey @brisk spoke I passed the OA, I wanted to ask if you could help me with the final round, what kind of questions were asked, was it technical or what? that would be really great!

[midnight smelt]

ohhh gotcha, I did not know the server rules are set up like this.

Can you please accept my friend request? I would like to DM you.

[runic kestrel]

how did u do on the OA? did u get full score

[midnight smelt]

Yes, I got a full score. I would say the test is pretty easy, even for a Non-Java coder like me.

[brisk spoke]

Sorry I’m not accepting friend requests right now. I have posted detailed info about the final in this thread. Brush up on OOP designs, garbage collection in Java, how Java stores data structures and other general CS knowledge. Questions are mix of OOP and leetcode for both technical rounds. Prepare for behavioral and prepare details from your resume.

[midnight smelt]

Okay, thats fine. Ill ask it here then. Can you please be a little more detailed? Like how was the split, was the first hour just leetcode or just behavioral, or a mix of both? Same for the second hour and the third hour. Thank you for sharing.

[brisk spoke]

Team day consists of 3 parts: a coffee chat where you chat with other new Veeva members. It’s essentially a behavioral round that is structured as a chat. Next comes the technical round with the engineering manager where it’s a deep dive into your resume about the work you have done, behavioral questions, and a technical question to solve. Final round was a technical round where I had to solve a technical question. Veeva afaik has its own question bank it’s not straight leetcode. I recommend that you learn the most common data structures and functions so that you don’t waste time finding it in Java doc. I asked if I could use documentation and my interviewer didn’t mind. You do it on coderpad.

Technical questions are data structure based questions on solving real world problems. You have to be really fast in reading Java because there is a lot of boilerplate code to read through.

Essentially they are restructured leetcode problems.

Usually Veeva let’s you know results within 3 days that’s what I heard from online sources.

[midnight smelt]

Thank you so much! this is helpful.

[midnight smelt]

For the OOP design round? do they expect you to design a system, or tackle a problem for designing a class or simple object oriented questions and answer round?

[brisk spoke]

Second one

[midnight smelt]

okay gotcha.

[flat carbon]

What are the behavioral questions alike?

could you please tell me What the behavioral questions are alike in the final teamday

[brisk spoke]

Why Veeva? What 3 things are important to you in a workplace (match with Veeva values)? Do you see yourself working here long term?

Plus you yourself should ask a few questions.

Another question; I see that you interned at X, do you have any future plans to go back and work there? (Say no and why)

[runic kestrel]

it’s been 6 days since i’ve finished my OA and no reply back, is it safe to say i didn’t make it 💀 i couldn’t full score my OA

[flat carbon]

Are these behaviorial questions you mentioned asked in the final team day？If not, could you please tell me What the behavioral questions are alike in the final teamday?

[brisk spoke]

I was asked these questions during both team day and final behavioral.

[brisk spoke]

Soooooooo afaik a lot of people at Veeva are on leave right now

So maybe give it some more time?

Look above at my previous messages about team day.

[flat carbon]

did they ask behaviorial questions like when you have conflict with others how do you solve it…this kind of behaviorial questions?

[brisk spoke]

I think they asked a few of those as well. I don’t quite remember the exact question though. That was during the engineering manager round.

[midnight smelt]

you should ask them an update

When I asked for an update they told me that I have passed the OA and moved to team matching round. They have still not scheduled the final round.

[runic kestrel]

oh ok.

@brisk spoke is the team day scheduled by them or do they give you a calendly link like the other rounds so that you can choose

[runic kestrel]

and also, besides java oop questions, do they ask you any specific parts of java, like java trivia type questions

[brisk spoke]

I think I gave range of dates

[brisk spoke]

Check above

[brisk spoke]

But yes they can ask specifics of Java

[flat carbon]

did you have code review in the team day？

[brisk spoke]

No

[runic kestrel]

do u mind sharing the TC Veeva offered you?

[brisk spoke]

120k base. 20k hiring bonus. 30k stock (25% of base every year).

It’s same for all in Pleasanton I believe

[flat carbon]

in your team day were there any questions that you didn’t answer well or just didn’t know the and?

[runic kestrel]

did they send u an email yet?

[midnight smelt]

No

Sadly

[brisk spoke]

Ya a few implementations of java data structures. I don’t think you need to answer 100% right

[midnight smelt]

Sadly I got rejected after the coding round. I commented the code, and submitted the optimal solutions.

really sad

[brisk spoke]

I think Veeva reached HC

People’s team days were getting cancelled

[marble zephyr]

I remembered mine was scheduled till June lol 😂

[calm mural]

Hey @brisk spoke do you have any recommendations on how to answer Why Veeva?

Do you think I should tailor that answer more generally related to values and Veeva's impact on the world, or should it be more specific to the actual coding and software engineering work I would be able to do in Veeva?

[brisk spoke]

The first one.

[calm mural]

Thank you, to be clear I'm referring to the final interview not the recruiter screen. Does that change anything or should I keep the same focus?

[brisk spoke]

Basically prep behavioral on why Veeva and their values. Doesn’t matter which stage of the interview.

There’s a ton of info on this thread and in others threads

[calm mural]

Thank you really appreciate it

[fair heart]

did you get a reply? i wasn't able to fully implement the last question. the website crashed a few times too smh

[marble zephyr]

Are we allow to use JavaScript for the oa and final just curious.

[brisk spoke]

Depending on team, the language is locked to JS, Java or Objective-C

[old halo]

i j did my final interview and they told me that i'd get a response by fri eod

they also j asked me for references, will they contact my references before or after this week?

[brisk spoke]

Depends on when your EM that interviewed you is free?

[old halo]

sorry, what does em stand for?

[brisk spoke]

Engineering Manager

[soft badger]

Hey, It happened with me too

@old halo They contacted me today saying my reference check is completed and they haven't told me about whether I got the job or not. I have a meeting scheduled with EDP HR lead tomorrow. Who's your hiring manager?

Did they reject anyone on the Zoom call, post reference check or it's their way of discussing the offer?

[brisk spoke]

It’s an offer afaik

I don’t think they reject on call

[brisk spoke]

Is it Natalie?

[brisk spoke]

They discuss benefits, offer, stocks etc

[soft badger]

Yes

[brisk spoke]

Also I think you tried pinging me on LinkedIn 😂. Sorry I was a bit busy with work.

Yea I think it’s an offer. Veeva usually rejects fast on email

She’ll go over which offices you can work out of

[soft badger]

Oh that's great! Yeah I tried connecting first through discord but friend request was off

[brisk spoke]

Because it’s RTO for new EDP interns and full timers

[soft badger]

My team is already decided

Vault CRM, Pleasanton

[brisk spoke]

Nice

[soft badger]

Hiring Manager Jonathan

[brisk spoke]

Yea I’ve heard CRM is hiring a lot

[soft badger]

Yeah he told there are 2-3 openings, what's your team?

[brisk spoke]

Cool you’ll probably see me in the office (I go for the food 😂) and it’s a nice office. I’m on Quality it’s an application team (you’ll learn a lot during onboarding)

[soft badger]

Also if you don't mind what is general compensation they are giving for the role, just to have an idea before the call

[brisk spoke]

It’s fixed

[brisk spoke]

Here

For California ^

[soft badger]

That's great lol, I will definitely see you soon. Once they confirm I need to move from east coast to west.

Thank you

[brisk spoke]

I also moved from coast to coast (the move was annoying.)

No worries. Sorry about not replying earlier.

[soft badger]

Once they confirm I can probably get in touch with you about location then, great! No worries at all I can imagine everyone trying to text and catching up with work

[soft badger]

Got the offer everything as you said except bonus is 20K instead of 30K

[brisk spoke]

Wait a second

It’s 30k only for stock

[brisk spoke]

Did they mention about the stock?

[soft badger]

Oh I must have read wrong

Then yeah it's the same

My bad I am sorry

Yeah they gave 30K stock in RSU

@brisk spoke can we connect somewhere to discuss about where to stay and few other things. They have given me around 19 days to come to CA and my written offer won't be available till next Wednesday. So i can't get added to slack till then

[old halo]

sorry for replying late but congrats! i got offer too also on crm :)

where is the discord server for veeva edp again?

[soft badger]

Hey that's great

[brisk spoke]

https://discord.gg/zGmCr4ux

[raw halo]

@old halo Hi! wondering what your onsite java questions were like?

[old halo]

i got asked easy-medium lc questions, i know others got asked conceptual questions in addition to coding

[raw halo]

ahh I see thanks!!

[sleek narwhal]

hey 👋 if you have a minute, I sent you a question about the Veeva OA in dms 😁 @calm mural @midnight smelt @runic kestrel @fair heart