Principal Software Engineer Interview Experience - India
Process
A recruiter reached out on LinkedIn.
Two coding interviews were set up, which went very well. Based on that, a system design interview was scheduled.
The system design interviewer started focusing on APIs and didn't really care about the overall design. They kept interrupting a lot during the interview.
I received a standard rejection email a week after the system design interview.
Basically, if you are unlucky and get a bad interviewer, they can skew your feedback. I don't think they really want to hire any Principal Engineers; they're just wasting candidates' time and not even providing proper feedback.
Questions
Standard coding questions from their limited set of problems. Design a tagging system.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Atlassian Principal Software Engineer role in India.
Success Rate
Atlassian's interview process for their Principal Software Engineer roles in India is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Atlassian's Principal Software Engineer interview process in India.
Atlassian Work Experiences
- 5.0Nice company to work forPrincipal Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSydney, New South Wales, AustraliaNovember 29, 2021Pros: Good people. Nice work. Decent compensation.Cons: Nothing to complain about during my tenure.
- 4.0Great culture and peoplePrincipal Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJanuary 30, 2023Pros: - Company lives to its values most of the time: open, inclusive, and cares for customers and employees. - People are smart, humble, and approachable. - Managers are very supportive and provide autonomy. - Good operational maturity and processes. - Competitive compensation and benefits. - Good work-life balance.Cons: Sometimes it takes a long time to deliver customer value due to dependency on multiple teams and org structure.
- 2.0Hard to survive without brown-nosingPrincipal Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 2, 2025Pros: - Good pay - You can chill if you are friends with the managerCons: - The company is not strong in technology or software engineering. - There is a lot of nepotism.
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