Senior Engineer II Interview Experience - United States
Process
Recruiter looked me after seeing my profile on LinkedIn and was very friendly and straight forward on questions from my end. Helped me along the way to meet with the team, manager and director. Timezone was not an issue and they always accommodate to what was best for both parties.
All the interviews were online with remote tools working pretty well. Interviewers were very friendly and asked pertinent questions to validate what I said on paper I was capable of. They were also very candid and honest answering my own questions back about the company, the culture, the team and the overall happiness within. I found the process to be very easy to follow and even when it took a bit of time, it was on my best interest as I was also dealing with my previous employer.
Questions
The level of questioning started from basic up to getting more complex. They did specific technical questions about my field and how to deal with certain situations and I found them to be pretty standard.
No coding or whiteboard drawing was needed.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the DigitalOcean Senior Engineer II role in United States.
Success Rate
DigitalOcean's interview process for their Senior Engineer II roles in the United States 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 DigitalOcean's Senior Engineer II interview process in United States.
DigitalOcean Work Experiences
- 3.0Aggressive plans and aggressive cutsSenior Engineer II • Former EmployeeVancouver, CanadaMarch 2, 2023Pros: The internal stack is able to move rapidly.Cons: Critical teams were cut off by layoffs.
- 5.0Review for Digital OceanSenior Engineer II • Current EmployeeAugust 18, 2023Pros: An employee centric company focusing on growth of both employee and employer.Cons: Being a public Ltd company, it has few cons with regard to the stock unit price fluctuating although the company performs.
- 4.0Interesting work and excellent benefits override the consSenior Engineer II • Current EmployeeChicago, IllinoisFebruary 22, 2022Pros: Pre-IPO options were pretty generous. Benefits are really great including bonus PTO days and easily scheduled open PTO policy. The work is genuinely interesting if you're interested in the cloud infrastructure space. Bonuses have been good.Cons: The product vision needs some work but that does seem to be getting better. It's grown significantly but it doesn't have the standards needed for a company with an engineering team the size it has. My biggest complaint would be compensation. Compensation is always a trailing metric, raises are mediocre at best even for top performers and promos. Salary is fine but it's not top of market. Refresh stock/promo stock is insignificant compared to initial grant. Since comp is a trailing metric and raises/refreshes aren't generous it's a toss up because the benefits kind of make up for the comp issues but it's not great.
