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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Software Engineer(Internship) Interview, Feb 16

February 16, 2026

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Process

The process was a phone screen. Then the next interview was a hard regex question on LeetCode that was slightly different but had the same idea, followed by another phone screen, and then an offer. The interview overall is pretty well documented online.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Coursera Software Engineer (Internship) role in Software Engineer(Internship) Interview, Feb 16.

Success Rate

100%

Pass Rate

Coursera's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Software Engineer(Internship) Interview, Feb 16 is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Coursera's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Software Engineer(Internship) Interview, Feb 16.

Coursera Work Experiences

Good, but could have been better

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: - Great company mission. - Meaningful work. - The people on my team were some of the nicest I've ever worked with. They were always willing to help.

Cons: - Long hours. - Benefits were promised that were scrapped on my first day. - No Coursera-sponsored intern events. Policies have changed, and money's getting tight.

Good, but could have been better

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: - Great company mission. - Meaningful work. - The people on my team were some of the nicest I've ever worked with. They were always willing to help.

Cons: - Long hours. - Benefits were promised that were scrapped on my first day. - No Coursera-sponsored intern events. Policies have changed, and money's getting tight.

Fully remote with growth support but facing AI challenges

Senior Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: It is fully remote, and there is personal growth support.

Cons: The challenge during the AI era

Fully remote with growth support but facing AI challenges

Senior Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: It is fully remote, and there is personal growth support.

Cons: The challenge during the AI era

Fair Promotions, Lacking Diversity

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good salary. If you're in engineering and have a good manager, then the promotion process is fairly transparent.

Cons: No substantive commitment to hiring diverse talent. (There's still only one full-time, non-contract, Black software engineer at the time I'm writing this.)

Fair Promotions, Lacking Diversity

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good salary. If you're in engineering and have a good manager, then the promotion process is fairly transparent.

Cons: No substantive commitment to hiring diverse talent. (There's still only one full-time, non-contract, Black software engineer at the time I'm writing this.)

Good, but could have been better

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

Mountain View, California, United States

Pros: - Great company mission. - Meaningful work. - The people on my team were some of the nicest I've ever worked with. They were always willing to help.

Cons: - Long hours. - Benefits were promised that were scrapped on my first day. - No Coursera-sponsored intern events. Policies have changed, and money's getting tight.

3.0
Good, but could have been better
Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee
Mountain View, California, United States
May 14, 2015
Pros: - Great company mission. - Meaningful work. - The people on my team were some of the nicest I've ever worked with. They were always willing to help.
Cons: - Long hours. - Benefits were promised that were scrapped on my first day. - No Coursera-sponsored intern events. Policies have changed, and money's getting tight.

Fully remote with growth support but facing AI challenges

Senior Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: It is fully remote, and there is personal growth support.

Cons: The challenge during the AI era

5.0
Fully remote with growth support but facing AI challenges
Senior Software Developer • Current Employee
Toronto, ON
May 7, 2026
Pros: It is fully remote, and there is personal growth support.
Cons: The challenge during the AI era

Fair Promotions, Lacking Diversity

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good salary. If you're in engineering and have a good manager, then the promotion process is fairly transparent.

Cons: No substantive commitment to hiring diverse talent. (There's still only one full-time, non-contract, Black software engineer at the time I'm writing this.)

3.0
Fair Promotions, Lacking Diversity
Software Engineer • Current Employee
July 4, 2021
Pros: Good salary. If you're in engineering and have a good manager, then the promotion process is fairly transparent.
Cons: No substantive commitment to hiring diverse talent. (There's still only one full-time, non-contract, Black software engineer at the time I'm writing this.)

Coursera Interview Questions

N-th Tribonacci Number

Calculate the N-th Tribonacci number, where each number is the sum of the previous three numbers. You're given the value of N, and initial values for the first three Tribonacci numbers.

Dynamic Programming

Text Justification

Given a sequence of words and a line width, format the text to fit within the specified width. You must justify the text, distributing extra spaces evenly between words.

Minimum Increment to Make Array Unique

You're given an array of numbers. Find the minimum number of increments needed to make all the numbers in the array unique.

ArraysGreedy Algorithms

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