Principal Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
The interview process involved a recruiter round, an HM round, and a technical screen round.
This process was frustrating and very slow. I had to follow up with the recruiter and a scheduler at every stage.
It took them 2-3 weeks to get back to me after each round. After stringing me along for six weeks and repeatedly requesting next steps, they rejected me without any feedback.
Questions
The usual tech recruiter round and hiring manager questions took place.
Everyone seemed extremely disorganized and had no clue about the position. They repeatedly mentioned that this was a new role and they were still figuring things out.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Autodesk Principal Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Autodesk's interview process for their Principal Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Autodesk's Principal Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Autodesk Work Experiences
- 5.0Great work culture and benefits.Principal Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 19, 2024Pros: Good work-life balance and company culture. Long-term growth is good.Cons: The only downside: compensation can be better.
- 4.0Great work/life balance, but...Principal Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 3, 2021Pros: Great work/life balance, awesome people.Cons: Non-competitive total compensation package.
- 4.0Solved interesting problems, but management seemed to have attention deficit.Principal Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJune 19, 2014Pros: I did enjoy my work much of the time. Benefits were good, but not industry-leading. Flexibility with working remotely or from home.Cons: My project was a whirlwind. Management would change features/priorities every couple of weeks, but many features I needed to work on took much longer (months), leading to stale situations.
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