I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at X in Oct 2021
Interview
I applied and immediately sent a coding assessment. You are given seven days to complete it. It takes about an hour or so, not too much of a time suck. They get back to you in a few weeks with a decision on whether they want to move forward with more interviews.
Phone screen, followed by two coding rounds, one system design, and one HM/behavioral round. Prepare with LeetCode tagged questions related to data structures, algorithms, and system design topics. Prepare for Behavioural in STAR method.
Went through two screenings and virtual onsite. Technical team members were friendly and great to speak with. Recruiters were pretty awful - the one that set up the virtual onsite gave everybody different zoom links and trying to find the correct room to join really cut into my interview time and made me stressed out during the VO. Main recruiter scheduled a phone call to discuss results after the VO for when it was past midnight in my timezone but never called or responded to my followup.
To the recruiter: you don't need to try to keep me warm by scheduling a phone call and ghosting me when I only asked you whats the decision timeline. If its rejection just email to let me know instead of wasting more of my time especially when its late in my timezone.
In general this would've been a positive experience if the recruiters weren't so bad.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at X (London, England) in Apr 2025
Interview
Ho effettuato un colloquio conoscitivo con HR dopodiché una sessione di live coding e domande tecniche con il responsabile dell'area. Domande vertevano su vari algoritmi e complessità in termini di tempo e spazio
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Risoluzione di un problema algoritmico che richiedeva l'utilizzo della funzione xor
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at X with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 41% positive. To compare, the company-average is 39.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 267 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at X overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at X as a Software Engineer according to 267 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 39%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 5%
Group panel interview: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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