Asana

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

June 1, 2015

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Applied online and went through a phone screen soon after with a congenial HR person. The technical challenge sent afterwards was of middling difficulty, but it was fun-ish!

See the interview questions portion for clues that I think might help you.

I did not get to move onto the onsite, but I really fumbled the coding challenge. I would try to apply again in the future.

Questions

Coding puzzle - study some pathing, arrays to prepare.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 41 interview experiences for the Asana Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

15%

Pass Rate

Asana's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive56%

Neutral12%

Negative32%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Asana's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

Asana Work Experiences

Marketing Culture, Cliches Abound

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Aims to have the best tech culture.

Cons: Culture is just marketing. There are many clichés and in-groups.

Marketing Culture, Cliches Abound

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Aims to have the best tech culture.

Cons: Culture is just marketing. There are many clichés and in-groups.

Not much to be excited about anymore

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

February 23, 2024

Pros: Depending on the team you're on, it can be very chill.

Cons: Basic benefits from tech companies, like 401K matching and 100% medical/dental/vision coverage, are nonexistent here.

Not much to be excited about anymore

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

February 23, 2024

Pros: Depending on the team you're on, it can be very chill.

Cons: Basic benefits from tech companies, like 401K matching and 100% medical/dental/vision coverage, are nonexistent here.

Meaningful Work, Great Team

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: - Emphasis on mentorship and career growth. - Getting to work on a meaningful product with a positive impact on the world. - Working with the types of coworkers that that attracts: thoughtful, collaborative, and bright. - Does a great job of looking at your holistic self. I feel very recognized and appreciated for my talents outside of raw engineering.

Cons: Mostly standard startup cons: not enough people to do all the meaningful stuff we want to do. But, the company is very open to you pursuing your passion projects, so things can get done if you really care about them.

Meaningful Work, Great Team

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: - Emphasis on mentorship and career growth. - Getting to work on a meaningful product with a positive impact on the world. - Working with the types of coworkers that that attracts: thoughtful, collaborative, and bright. - Does a great job of looking at your holistic self. I feel very recognized and appreciated for my talents outside of raw engineering.

Cons: Mostly standard startup cons: not enough people to do all the meaningful stuff we want to do. But, the company is very open to you pursuing your passion projects, so things can get done if you really care about them.

Marketing Culture, Cliches Abound

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Aims to have the best tech culture.

Cons: Culture is just marketing. There are many clichés and in-groups.

1.0
Marketing Culture, Cliches Abound
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 7, 2023
Pros: Aims to have the best tech culture.
Cons: Culture is just marketing. There are many clichés and in-groups.

Not much to be excited about anymore

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

February 23, 2024

Pros: Depending on the team you're on, it can be very chill.

Cons: Basic benefits from tech companies, like 401K matching and 100% medical/dental/vision coverage, are nonexistent here.

2.0
Not much to be excited about anymore
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
February 23, 2024
Pros: Depending on the team you're on, it can be very chill.
Cons: Basic benefits from tech companies, like 401K matching and 100% medical/dental/vision coverage, are nonexistent here.

Meaningful Work, Great Team

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: - Emphasis on mentorship and career growth. - Getting to work on a meaningful product with a positive impact on the world. - Working with the types of coworkers that that attracts: thoughtful, collaborative, and bright. - Does a great job of looking at your holistic self. I feel very recognized and appreciated for my talents outside of raw engineering.

Cons: Mostly standard startup cons: not enough people to do all the meaningful stuff we want to do. But, the company is very open to you pursuing your passion projects, so things can get done if you really care about them.

5.0
Meaningful Work, Great Team
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
March 2, 2016
Pros: - Emphasis on mentorship and career growth. - Getting to work on a meaningful product with a positive impact on the world. - Working with the types of coworkers that that attracts: thoughtful, collaborative, and bright. - Does a great job of looking at your holistic self. I feel very recognized and appreciated for my talents outside of raw engineering.
Cons: Mostly standard startup cons: not enough people to do all the meaningful stuff we want to do. But, the company is very open to you pursuing your passion projects, so things can get done if you really care about them.

Asana Interview Questions

Product of Array Except Self

Calculate a new array where each element is the product of all numbers in the original array, excluding the number at that index. Do this efficiently without using division.

Maximum Repeating Substring

Determine the maximum number of times a given word consecutively repeats as a substring within a larger sequence. Find the largest integer k such that word * k is a substring of sequence.

K Closest Points to Origin

Find the k points closest to the origin (0, 0) from a given list of points on a 2D plane. The distance is measured using the Euclidean distance.

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