Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seoul, South Korea
May 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The interview process consisted of a homework coding exercise, phone interview, onsite interview. The process overall was very coding-focused, with a high emphasis on multithreading, data structures, and algorithms. Each process took approximately one week, and I received the impression that the interviewer was very smart.
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Coupang Software Engineer role in Seoul, South Korea.
Success Rate
38%
Pass Rate
Coupang's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Seoul, South Korea is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral25%
Negative25%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Coupang's Software Engineer interview process in Seoul, South Korea.
Coupang Work Experiences
3.0
Great Pay, Terrible Nights
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Mountain View, CA
August 12, 2024
Pros: Best pro: Compensation is top-tier.
Cons: The biggest con is that you have to work at night.
2.0
Not a startup anymore
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seoul, South Korea
September 8, 2016
Pros: There are many excellent people. Interview processes are so good and high that non-excellent people can be filtered out in Korea.
Cons: The company is failing in focusing on developing fast and creative services. Managers in the middle tier are not good.
The CEO suggested the right vision and led the company in the right direction, but these days he seems he doesn't care about services, products, or people any more.
The company is no longer a start-up; it already is a large company. Project Owners don't create new businesses; they don't focus on developing services but on personal connections politically.
Team organizations are changing like a bad, large company. A small full-stack agile team is changing to a functional, large team. Platforms for software engineers are horrible. Some platform teams force other teams to use their systems that have very low quality compared to AWS systems, although the company uses AWS now and there are already similar systems in AWS.
4.0
A good bridge to FAANG
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Seoul, South Korea
January 15, 2022
Pros: - Good salary compared to other companies in Korea.
Cons: - Complex in-house development system
- Bad work-life balance
- 3.0Great Pay, Terrible NightsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, CAAugust 12, 2024Pros: Best pro: Compensation is top-tier.Cons: The biggest con is that you have to work at night.
- 2.0Not a startup anymoreSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeoul, South KoreaSeptember 8, 2016Pros: There are many excellent people. Interview processes are so good and high that non-excellent people can be filtered out in Korea.Cons: The company is failing in focusing on developing fast and creative services. Managers in the middle tier are not good. The CEO suggested the right vision and led the company in the right direction, but these days he seems he doesn't care about services, products, or people any more. The company is no longer a start-up; it already is a large company. Project Owners don't create new businesses; they don't focus on developing services but on personal connections politically. Team organizations are changing like a bad, large company. A small full-stack agile team is changing to a functional, large team. Platforms for software engineers are horrible. Some platform teams force other teams to use their systems that have very low quality compared to AWS systems, although the company uses AWS now and there are already similar systems in AWS.
- 4.0A good bridge to FAANGSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSeoul, South KoreaJanuary 15, 2022Pros: - Good salary compared to other companies in Korea.Cons: - Complex in-house development system - Bad work-life balance
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