Process
The process took one week.
Overall, it was a good experience. There was one interviewer who acted standoffish and strange. But, for the most part, it was conducted very professionally. What I didn't like was the Systems interview question, which is a very specific modelling problem. Unless you've worked on building such a feature, it's unlikely that you'll recognize such a pattern and come up with a decent solution. And for a mid-level position, it's quite surprising. But I guess they have to justify the high comps somehow. Also, infrastructure knowledge is not tested at all in this interview, which is atypical.
The coding interviews were great. Study typical LLD problems. LeetCode is minimal and simple. Focus on understanding patterns and not memorizing solutions. The HM interview was great. He probed in ways typical EMs have never done before, and it gave me a really good impression of the company and his team, despite also not passing this interview, which I take full responsibility for.
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 131 interview experiences for the Asana Software Engineer role.
Success Rate
8%
Pass Rate
Asana's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive45%
Neutral21%
Negative34%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Asana's Software Engineer interview process.
Asana Work Experiences
5.0
Great people, mission, leadership
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 9, 2022
Pros: Even during the difficult market times of 2022, Asana seems to be doing great! The management is very considerate of employee perspectives. There are regular all-hands where most pressing questions are answered. I feel confident working here, even during a global market slowdown. Unlike many other new tech companies, you can see and feel that Asana's product and mission are actually useful.
Team and people culture - everyone is respected a lot. I have never felt or even heard of any bad attitude or mistreatment.
Cons: Nothing really. The stock went down a lot in the past year, but that was after a big increase and seems to be similar to other growth tech companies.
3.0
Good experience as a first job, but poor compensation outlook
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
September 9, 2018
Pros: Very friendly and helpful peers and managers.
Excellent experience learning to do software engineering work at a place with good engineering standards.
Really talented engineers.
Customers love the product.
Decently interesting technical challenges.
Work-life balance is good, although not as good as places where there just isn’t enough work to do (e.g., LinkedIn or some teams at Google).
Cons: Compensation is way below market, especially for experienced engineers. They have an unrealistic view of market comp, which means you will get limited raises and no refreshers until your initial grant finishes vesting.
Product-oriented org means there is a lot of red tape for engineers to ship new features unless they have already been approved by the product people.
Lots of tech debt.
Although the culture is above average, the constant patting on the back about how great the Asana culture is tends to get grating. We don’t need to keep hearing how awesome our culture is – let’s work on making it better.
Lack of clarity regarding advancement due to lack of levels, and regarding getting approval due to lack of clear hierarchy.
5.0
Pleasantly surprised at how thoughtful this company is!
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
June 26, 2024
Pros: I'm still learning, but I appreciate how thoughtful things are done at this company. I never used the product before, but I love it. I like how they track progress on their corporate values. I appreciate their goals as a company and the healthy way they try to treat people.
Cons: The onboarding process, while thorough, is quite time-consuming, so a large portion of my time has been spent dealing with this. I'm starting on more program work and looking forward to that. There have been quite a few people leaving since I started, some folks who have been here a long time. I'm watching to see if this is systemic of something larger or just natural attrition within a large company.
- 5.0Great people, mission, leadershipSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 9, 2022Pros: Even during the difficult market times of 2022, Asana seems to be doing great! The management is very considerate of employee perspectives. There are regular all-hands where most pressing questions are answered. I feel confident working here, even during a global market slowdown. Unlike many other new tech companies, you can see and feel that Asana's product and mission are actually useful. Team and people culture - everyone is respected a lot. I have never felt or even heard of any bad attitude or mistreatment.Cons: Nothing really. The stock went down a lot in the past year, but that was after a big increase and seems to be similar to other growth tech companies.
- 3.0Good experience as a first job, but poor compensation outlookSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 9, 2018Pros: Very friendly and helpful peers and managers. Excellent experience learning to do software engineering work at a place with good engineering standards. Really talented engineers. Customers love the product. Decently interesting technical challenges. Work-life balance is good, although not as good as places where there just isn’t enough work to do (e.g., LinkedIn or some teams at Google).Cons: Compensation is way below market, especially for experienced engineers. They have an unrealistic view of market comp, which means you will get limited raises and no refreshers until your initial grant finishes vesting. Product-oriented org means there is a lot of red tape for engineers to ship new features unless they have already been approved by the product people. Lots of tech debt. Although the culture is above average, the constant patting on the back about how great the Asana culture is tends to get grating. We don’t need to keep hearing how awesome our culture is – let’s work on making it better. Lack of clarity regarding advancement due to lack of levels, and regarding getting approval due to lack of clear hierarchy.
- 5.0Pleasantly surprised at how thoughtful this company is!Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJune 26, 2024Pros: I'm still learning, but I appreciate how thoughtful things are done at this company. I never used the product before, but I love it. I like how they track progress on their corporate values. I appreciate their goals as a company and the healthy way they try to treat people.Cons: The onboarding process, while thorough, is quite time-consuming, so a large portion of my time has been spent dealing with this. I'm starting on more program work and looking forward to that. There have been quite a few people leaving since I started, some folks who have been here a long time. I'm watching to see if this is systemic of something larger or just natural attrition within a large company.
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