Asana

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

May 23, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

This was a discussion about some algorithm. It was an open-ended question about how I would solve the problem, essentially a proxy for remembering graph algorithms.

I didn't pass, primarily because I wasn't familiar with the specific technique for finding the shortest path.

Questions

Find the shortest path from one place to the next.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 40 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

Positive57%

Neutral10%

Negative33%

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

Asana Interview Questions

Product of Array Except Self

Medium

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.

Arrays

Maximum Repeating Substring

Easy

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.

StringsArraysSliding Windows

K Closest Points to Origin

Medium

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.

ArraysTwo Pointers