Phone interview - they told me on the phone that they were moving me to the technical round.
Technical interview - standard interview, used a coding platform to answer some algorithm problems
Final interview - three rounds here Systems design - pretty standard design for a system that web scrapes and analyzes ads Hiring manager - behavioral focused Coding round - go through a series of failing tests and fix them
Most rounds went fine and the interviewers were nice to work with. The final coding round was terrible. The company requires you to do setup on your computer for this round, but none of it is needed. There was a package to download at the start of this round, but no instructions on how to set it up. I was interrupted multiple times and told I had to stop working on a test and start working on a different one, so I was never able to finish a test. Going back to finish any incomplete work was also not allowed.
It seems I'm not the only one who ran into this issue. If you're applying for software engineer positions, you're probably better off applying elsewhere.
Given a string with parentheses what is the maximum depth (or breadth)?
Design a system that evaluates the effectiveness of a Google ad campaign.
The following metrics were computed from 18 interview experiences for the Braze Software Engineer role in United States.
Braze's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Braze's Software Engineer interview process in United States.