Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
Initial phone screen - nothing crazy, mostly my background and understanding the company.
On site - 3 coding exercises, a whiteboard architecture discussion, and a culture interview with HR.
The whole process is very fast! They will get back to you with an offer/rejection very quickly. Checkr also pushes you to accept the offer very quickly as well, so be prepared to make your decision.
Questions
Coding challenges: Build a RESTful API from scratch, parsing algorithms, refactoring.
Whiteboard a basic microservices architecture.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Checkr Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Checkr's interview process for their Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Checkr's Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Checkr Work Experiences
- 3.0Strategy Chaos, No GrowthEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 24, 2020Pros: I can’t think of anything positive to say.Cons: Company strategy changes every other month. Promotions are non-existent. No chance to grow.
- 1.0Really bad. Sucks the soul out of you bad.Engineering • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 21, 2020Pros: None. Seriously, none. I've looked. There aren't any.Cons: Checkr is entirely sales-driven. Whatever sales wants, sales gets. They essentially write the requirements. Product essentially are order takers. The company bends over backwards for customers who don't bring in the promised revenue. One-off solutions for 'logos'. Logos, big company names, seem to be the only thing that matters to this company. R&D leadership changes every 6 months or so. Checkr essentially masquerades as a tech company. Architecture is horrible. Billing is a mess. I think we're down to 1 infrastructure engineer. Don't know of anyone in product or engineering that is happy here. This place will make you question why you chose software engineering as a profession. Stay as far away from this company as possible!
- 2.0SWE @ CheckrSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, CAOctober 7, 2025Pros: - Market compensation - Interesting technical problems - Good benefitsCons: - CEO - Constant changes in leadership - Apathy
