Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States
Process
They sent me a 1:30 HackerRank challenge (one month after I applied) which consisted of one easy and one medium difficulty problem from a no-reply email address. I completed the challenge and solved the first one and passed half of the test cases for the second one. The test environment was absolutely stupid in my opinion which made it impossible for me to debug.
A few days later I got a generic rejection message from another no-reply email.
Questions
The task was a grid BFS and sorting related problem.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 18 interview experiences for the Braze Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
Braze's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Braze's Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Braze Work Experiences
- 1.0horrible engineer orgSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New YorkJune 23, 2019Pros: Unlimited vacation time Small teams, total ~40 devsCons: Unrealistic OKRs, only ~50 achievable goals Unhealthy eng. org that it doesn't focus on team work but individual work Super difficult local dev with Ruby & Sidekiq, hard for testing correctness Team decision making not transparent to individuals, team lead decides Not willing to take risks by certain team leads and blame individuals for small mistakes
- 1.0Horrible engineering culture, messy management in projectsSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New YorkAugust 9, 2020Pros: They received lots of funding while growing the business.Cons: There were huge growing pains on growing and expansion without a good engineering culture. There was horrible project management with unrealistic priorities and timeline. There was terrible teamwork and throwing frontend projects to backend developers.
- 5.0Great Work-Life BalanceSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New YorkFebruary 3, 2025Pros: My manager at Braze was great, and the work-life balance was good. It was a great environment to grow as a mid-level engineer, and the Dev Ops experience was pretty nice.Cons: There is some annoying legacy code. For example, the frontend was a mishmash of Knockout and React, so navigating the codebase and migrating the code was sometimes frustrating.
