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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Sydney, Australia

March 1, 2012
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

  1. Apply online

  2. Online code tests (great platform, by the way)

  3. If the code test was successful: on-site interview

Questions

Java internals:

Can you use if (myClassList instanceof List<MyClass>)?

String.intern() method. String a = "foo"; String b = "food".substring(0,3); c = b.intern(); Will a == c?

Integer i = null; int j = i; What is the value of j?

What will the following code return?

java try { return true; } finally { return false; }

Check if a string can be encoded in a given format (UTF-8, ASCII, etc.).

String parsing with StringTokenizer.

Linear algorithm to find the common ancestor of two nodes in a directed graph. Given two nodes, an array of graph nodes, and an array of parents per node.

JavaScript regexps.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 40 interview experiences for the Atlassian Software Engineer role in Sydney, Australia.

Success Rate

28%
Pass Rate

Atlassian's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Sydney, Australia is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive63%
Neutral25%
Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Atlassian's Software Engineer interview process in Sydney, Australia.

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