Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at New Relic with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 55% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 29 days to get hired, when considering 51 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at New Relic overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at New Relic as a Software Engineer according to 51 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 10%
Drug test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 4%
Background check: 2%
Personality test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at New Relic (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Started with a phone screen with the recruiter to get to know a little more about me, was pretty straightforward and the recruiter was very nice. Then there was another screening with the hiring manager where they asked a very simple leetcode easy question and then I had the chance to ask questions about the role and company. Again, the hiring manager was very kind and accommodating. This is where it got frustrating. Next was a take home exercise where they gave two options on which project to complete. They give you 72 hours for the assignment to be completed, but expected that it should not take more than 2 hours to complete the assignment. The instructions were quite vague, but the assignments they asked to complete weren't too bad. I spent a little more time than expected for the assignment to make sure it was solid, but I ended up not passing this round. After reading feedback, it seemed like they expected the perfect application, something that definitely didn't seem possible within the 2 hour expectation. Small notes were detrimental to your score. I didn't expect it to be at this level given the time expectation and how easy the leetcode problem was in the previous round. I wish New Relic would have been more transparent and realistic about what they were looking for in the take home assignment. I really felt like I could have gotten this position if they communicated what they were looking for better. Oh well.
The interview process includes application screening, recruiter call, technical or role-specific assessment, panel interviews, culture-fit discussion, reference checks, and final offer, ensuring candidates are evaluated fairly and thoroughly before hiring.
I applied online. I interviewed at New Relic (Portland, OR) in Jun 2026
Interview
I had a pretty unprofessional experience interviewing for the Software Engineer I role in Portland, OR.
After my initial recruiter call, it took nearly two weeks for the hiring manager to schedule the interview. During the interview, the hiring manager appeared disengaged and showed very little interest throughout the conversation.
Following the manager interview, I didn't receive any updates for about two weeks despite following the process. Eventually, the recruiter responded, saying, *"We are fortunate to have narrowed our search and will hold on moving candidates forward at this time,"* and I later received the formal rejection email.
Overall, the hiring process lasted 37 days. The lengthy delays, lack of communication, and overall candidate experience made the process feel unprofessional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked questions about my background, previous role, what projects worked on
As a fresher, the first round of interview consited of an online coding test which had mcq's based on computer fundamental subjects such as OOP's , DBMS, OS and the had asked aptitude questions as well. They also had asked couple of coding questions one easy and another medium level. Threy had even asked SQL queries