I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Carbon Black
Interview
The process was pretty straightforward. I didn't have a phone screen, and I came in for one round of interviews. I spoke with 5 - 6 people, mostly engineers. The questions were technical as expected. There were architecture and design questions along with c++ questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were fair, nothing unexpected. Know your templates, RAII, how to implement a wait on multiple events, synchronization mechanisms, basic SQL stuff, etc.
Principal Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Carbon Black with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Principal Software Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Carbon Black overall takes an average of 20 days.
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One on one interview: 100%
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