Principal Engineer Interview Experience - Sydney, Australia
January 1, 2023
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Two coding tests, more like pair programming. Each lasted 1 hour, with two interviewers presenting the questions and walking through them. One interviewer was a Principal Engineer, and the other was a Solution Architect. Both were working on Confluence.
Questions
Implement Snake game in Python
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Atlassian Principal Engineer role in Sydney, Australia.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Atlassian's interview process for their Principal Engineer roles in Sydney, Australia is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral50%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Atlassian's Principal Engineer interview process in Sydney, Australia.
Atlassian Work Experiences
1.0
Wfh Good, Culture Toxic
Principal Engineer • Current Employee
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
September 9, 2025
Pros: work from home
salary
shares
Cons: Politics, broken performance management, and a toxic Meta culture.
1.0
Good Pay, Toxic Culture
Principal Engineer • Former Employee
Sydney, Australia
August 14, 2025
Pros: Pays well.
Work from home.
Cons: Toxic
Political
Short-term thinking
Lost
5.0
Good place to work
Principal Engineer • Current Employee
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
January 5, 2025
Pros: Good people.
Challenging problems.
New work, no chance of getting bored.
Work flexibility.
Cons: Changing culture needs people to be aware and adapt; this is an overhead to carry.
- 1.0Wfh Good, Culture ToxicPrincipal Engineer • Current EmployeeSydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSeptember 9, 2025Pros: work from home salary sharesCons: Politics, broken performance management, and a toxic Meta culture.
- 1.0Good Pay, Toxic CulturePrincipal Engineer • Former EmployeeSydney, AustraliaAugust 14, 2025Pros: Pays well. Work from home.Cons: Toxic Political Short-term thinking Lost
- 5.0Good place to workPrincipal Engineer • Current EmployeeSydney, New South Wales, AustraliaJanuary 5, 2025Pros: Good people. Challenging problems. New work, no chance of getting bored. Work flexibility.Cons: Changing culture needs people to be aware and adapt; this is an overhead to carry.
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