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Senior Software Developer Interview Experience - United States

March 1, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process starts with a phone call from the recruiter. This is an initial filter where they ask you a few high-level questions to try and get a sense of your knowledge, talk a little about company culture, and to see if you're a good fit to proceed.

Next comes an interview with the hiring manager. This is a discussion about the specifics of what your interests and talents are, what the goals of the team/position you're applying for are, and they give you a chance to talk about what you would hope to get out of the position.

Next comes an hour-long paired-programming exercise. This is a technical review of your abilities to see if you're qualified for the position that you're applying for. You're asked to create an arbitrary program that will test your skills as a developer.

Overall the process was fantastic, everyone I talked to was really great. We had really great discussions and they all gave great feedback.

I was a little rusty in my paired-programming interview which reflected negatively on my abilities, and thus didn't have the opportunity to proceed with the interview process, but I imagine the entire process to be as great as what I had experienced up to that point.

Questions

During the paired-programming interview, I was asked to build a URL shortener server/client.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the DigitalOcean Senior Software Developer role in United States.

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Pass Rate

DigitalOcean's interview process for their Senior Software Developer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for DigitalOcean's Senior Software Developer interview process in United States.

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