Senior Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Austin, Texas
June 1, 2011
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Process
One phone screen interview.
Invited on site for three interviews with development/architecture leads.
The interviews consisted of:
- Discussion of past projects
- SW development methodologies
- Talking through architecture/design decisions
Two of the interviews required coding in C:
- One consisted of linked list operations.
- The other focused on binary search trees.
Questions
Display all values of a BST from low to high order.
Flip the order of a singly linked list.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Dell Senior Software Development Engineer role in Austin, Texas.
Success Rate
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Pass Rate
Dell's interview process for their Senior Software Development Engineer roles in Austin, Texas is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Dell's Senior Software Development Engineer interview process in Austin, Texas.
Dell Work Experiences
4.0
Nice place to work. Great place to have good balance between work and life
Senior Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
April 20, 2015
Pros: Good work culture. Good place to have a nice work-life balance.
Cons: Health insurance not so good.
4.0
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
March 17, 2014
Pros: Availability of numerous career options.
Great salary.
If you are in the right group, you get great exposure to lots of new technologies.
Cons: Not enough team events. Cross-team building is poor. There is duplication of technologies.
4.0
Salary is good, but growth opportunities are limited
Senior Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
November 19, 2013
Pros: - Great salary
- Good benefits
Cons: - Limited growth roles
- Lateral opportunities are not easy
- Management-oriented company: top-down approach
- Less drive for innovation for new ideas from engineering
- 4.0Nice place to work. Great place to have good balance between work and lifeSenior Software Development Engineer • Current EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesApril 20, 2015Pros: Good work culture. Good place to have a nice work-life balance.Cons: Health insurance not so good.
- 4.0Senior Software EngineerSenior Software Development Engineer • Current EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesMarch 17, 2014Pros: Availability of numerous career options. Great salary. If you are in the right group, you get great exposure to lots of new technologies.Cons: Not enough team events. Cross-team building is poor. There is duplication of technologies.
- 4.0Salary is good, but growth opportunities are limitedSenior Software Development Engineer • Current EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesNovember 19, 2013Pros: - Great salary - Good benefitsCons: - Limited growth roles - Lateral opportunities are not easy - Management-oriented company: top-down approach - Less drive for innovation for new ideas from engineering
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