Short intro phone call with recruiter, followed by a 2 question technical assessment (very easy difficulty; anyone who is a programmer could figure them out). After passing, follow up call with engineering manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Compare and contrast two programming languages that you know.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SimpliSafe
Interview
Recruiter screen -> Hiring Manager 30 minute call -> power day to meet the team. Everyone was pleasant. The questions were typical. There was a short live coding part in codesandbox where they allowed ample time to solve a very easy "filter this list and sort it" problem that barely required 2 code changes to pass.
First step was a phone call, second was a fairly basic take home test, final step was a technical manager interview. After the manager interview they said they would get back to me within a few days. After about a week and a half they told me they had chosen someone else.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about working with microservices and distributed systems
Sr Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at SimpliSafe with 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 43.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sr Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at SimpliSafe overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at SimpliSafe as a Sr Software Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
Skills test: 25%
One on one interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 13%
Drug test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
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