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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      May 8, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Pinterest

      Interview

      Interviewer barely spoke english. I solved the problem and had a bug. I was able to fix the bug quickly by myself. Then the next day the interviewer passed on my candidacy because my “initial solution had a bug” which I fixed quickly. The most annoying part of the interview was the lack of english-speaking abilities. Dont waste your time. They’ll dock you for any frivolous thing, especially if you’re not from “their” community. Please stop having people who dont speak english interview candidates!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Sort 2d array and return top k elements
      Answer question
      3

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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Dec 11, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Ciudad de Mexico
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pinterest (Ciudad de Mexico) in Aug 2025

      Interview

      It was fast and had 3 interviews after screening one. Basic programming, but data wrangling was harder as the person interviewing had more experience than the previous ones and it showed

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What programming software do you use? How would you arrange some data for future extraction
      Answer question

      Sr. Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 4, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Dublin, Dublin
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Pinterest (Dublin, Dublin)

      Interview

      Recruiter round - Resume and projects mostly Phone Screen - Leetcode based medium difficulty problem Virtual Onsite - in total 5 rounds Questions were mostly from leetcode. 2 coding, 2 systems design and one Hiring manager round

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design splitwise using object oriented programming
      Answer question

      Pinterest interviews FAQs

      • Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Pinterest with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Pinterest overall takes an average of 24 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Pinterest as a Senior Software Engineer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  33%

        One on one interview:  33%

        Group panel interview:  13%

        Skills test:  13%

        Presentation:  7%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(153) ;
        2. Account Manager(58) ;
        3. Senior Software Engineer(32) ;
        4. Partner Manager(28) ;
        5. Machine Learning Engineer(20) ;
        6. Data Scientist(18) ;
        7. Software Engineer(Internship)(17) ;
        8. Software Engineer Intern(15) ;
        9. Product Designer(13) ;
        10. Program Manager(13) ;
        11. Product Manager(11) ;
        12. Sales Manager(11) ;
        13. Account Coordinator(9) ;
        14. Senior Account Manager(9) ;
        15. Software Engineer II(9) .


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