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Synology interviews FAQs
Product Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Synology with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Developer roles take an average of 6 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Synology overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Synology as a Product Developer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 8%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 4%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Synology
Interview
On-site interview. There are 5 parts in total. Previous three parts go in a similar way. First, you have to introduce yourself, including project and working experience. Then, you have to solve some algorithm problems on the whiteboard in any language you are familiar with. After solving one, explain the complexity and they will give you an advanced problem which maybe depends on previous one. The forth part is personality check conducted by HR. The final part is the manager briefly introducing the organization of the company and tell your package.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of them are algorithm and data structure related. Like flipping a binary tree in recursive or iterative way, copying a linked list, implementing a stack using linked list, etc. You can share your idea and discuss with the interviewer while solving the problem.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Synology (Taipei) in Jul 2024
Interview
They claimed the remote interviews would have at most 3 stages, but I only went through 2 that day.
Self-introduction and a few basic questions about OS, OOP, and C++ at the beginning of each stage. The remaining is a typical coding test where the questions are often seen in Leetcode.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Synology (Taipei) in Oct 2023
Interview
3 stages
The first round is conducted w/ an RD. He asked me about the CV for ~20 mins, followed by few classic OS questions. 1 medium LC questions at the end.
The second round is mainly HR asking BQs.
The last interviewer is the manager on the team. We spent few minutes on my experience, and done a LC medium problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OS frequent questions
Computer network frequent questions
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Synology (Taipei) in Aug 2023
Interview
1. First round: The following questions are asked, your past team project experience, concepts of OOP, Process VS Thread, concurrent problem. 2. Second round: The interviewer asked lots of questions related to modern Android development. I failed to answer most questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode 56. Merge Intervals Android related questions