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Software Engineer II Interview Experience - Netherlands

October 1, 2021

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Process

For me (the process is not the same for everyone) the interview was broken up into 4 parts:

The first part was a manager screening (30m).
The second part was a tech lead screening (30m).
The third part was day one technical interviews (2 sessions totaling 2 hours).
The fourth part was day two technical interviews (2 sessions totaling 2 hours).

The manager screening is to get a general feel for the company, the culture, and to see if you are definitely not a fit. It is also so you can ask basic work and life questions to make sure it's something you want.

The tech lead screening was a basic test to see if core competencies were in line such that a full interview would not be a waste of time.

The long session interviews were the technical interviews which spanned several technical disciplines and discussion about project mgmt. A good deal of coding -- "let's build this very simple product" & "let's debug this failing app", but in my case no algorithms.

All in all the process felt conversational and reasonably fun.

Questions

At a high level, how does SSL work?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the DigitalOcean Software Engineer II role in Netherlands.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

DigitalOcean's interview process for their Software Engineer II roles in Netherlands is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for DigitalOcean's Software Engineer II interview process in Netherlands.

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Software Engineer II • Current Employee

October 20, 2021

Pros: - Great culture - Wonderful team dynamic - Excellent benefits - Sense of making an impact - And again a greater culture Having loved their products before I started working here I can say the simplicity and care is exactly what it is behind the scenes. In the time I've worked here I feel heard and I have learned a lot, and what's crazy is that I feel respected which has been hard to find in companies as of late.

Cons: There's only one, and it's that the work is fast paced, and similar to a startup. A lot of what we do/work on isn't a known fixed issue and a lot of the times you're stuck trying 10 thousand things to see what works and what doesn't. This might be a con to some, and a pro to others (I'm in the pro category) but I thought I'd list it here.

Best Company I have ever worked for

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

October 20, 2021

Pros: - Great culture - Wonderful team dynamic - Excellent benefits - Sense of making an impact - And again a greater culture Having loved their products before I started working here I can say the simplicity and care is exactly what it is behind the scenes. In the time I've worked here I feel heard and I have learned a lot, and what's crazy is that I feel respected which has been hard to find in companies as of late.

Cons: There's only one, and it's that the work is fast paced, and similar to a startup. A lot of what we do/work on isn't a known fixed issue and a lot of the times you're stuck trying 10 thousand things to see what works and what doesn't. This might be a con to some, and a pro to others (I'm in the pro category) but I thought I'd list it here.

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Software Engineer II • Former Employee

Toronto, Canada

Pros: - Amazing team - Good pay & benefits - Exciting work - Good worklife balance

Cons: - Upper management not transparent - Constant change of direction disrupting work

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Toronto, Canada

Pros: - Amazing team - Good pay & benefits - Exciting work - Good worklife balance

Cons: - Upper management not transparent - Constant change of direction disrupting work

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Cons: Unfortunately, there were many products in the lineup at the time I joined and some were given less priority than others. It was like the company was still trying to find its overall direction. I think they overhired for my team, not realizing they'd switch focus from my team's product to other ones. This led to me being laid off. I got generous notice and severance though.

Successful company, great people, can be hard to find your path

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Toronto, Canada

Pros: I liked my day to day work while I was employed at DigitalOcean. The people were great and there were some interesting things to work on. I worked on one of the compute product teams and there was plenty of opportunity to think from the users' perspective (e.g. how they would deploy code to it) and the back end's perspective (e.g. how we would scale to the users' deployed workloads and have good observability).

Cons: Unfortunately, there were many products in the lineup at the time I joined and some were given less priority than others. It was like the company was still trying to find its overall direction. I think they overhired for my team, not realizing they'd switch focus from my team's product to other ones. This led to me being laid off. I got generous notice and severance though.

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Software Engineer II • Current Employee

October 20, 2021

Pros: - Great culture - Wonderful team dynamic - Excellent benefits - Sense of making an impact - And again a greater culture Having loved their products before I started working here I can say the simplicity and care is exactly what it is behind the scenes. In the time I've worked here I feel heard and I have learned a lot, and what's crazy is that I feel respected which has been hard to find in companies as of late.

Cons: There's only one, and it's that the work is fast paced, and similar to a startup. A lot of what we do/work on isn't a known fixed issue and a lot of the times you're stuck trying 10 thousand things to see what works and what doesn't. This might be a con to some, and a pro to others (I'm in the pro category) but I thought I'd list it here.

5.0
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Software Engineer II • Current Employee
October 20, 2021
Pros: - Great culture - Wonderful team dynamic - Excellent benefits - Sense of making an impact - And again a greater culture Having loved their products before I started working here I can say the simplicity and care is exactly what it is behind the scenes. In the time I've worked here I feel heard and I have learned a lot, and what's crazy is that I feel respected which has been hard to find in companies as of late.
Cons: There's only one, and it's that the work is fast paced, and similar to a startup. A lot of what we do/work on isn't a known fixed issue and a lot of the times you're stuck trying 10 thousand things to see what works and what doesn't. This might be a con to some, and a pro to others (I'm in the pro category) but I thought I'd list it here.

Great People

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

Toronto, Canada

Pros: - Amazing team - Good pay & benefits - Exciting work - Good worklife balance

Cons: - Upper management not transparent - Constant change of direction disrupting work

4.0
Great People
Software Engineer II • Former Employee
Toronto, Canada
March 29, 2023
Pros: - Amazing team - Good pay & benefits - Exciting work - Good worklife balance
Cons: - Upper management not transparent - Constant change of direction disrupting work

Successful company, great people, can be hard to find your path

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Toronto, Canada

Pros: I liked my day to day work while I was employed at DigitalOcean. The people were great and there were some interesting things to work on. I worked on one of the compute product teams and there was plenty of opportunity to think from the users' perspective (e.g. how they would deploy code to it) and the back end's perspective (e.g. how we would scale to the users' deployed workloads and have good observability).

Cons: Unfortunately, there were many products in the lineup at the time I joined and some were given less priority than others. It was like the company was still trying to find its overall direction. I think they overhired for my team, not realizing they'd switch focus from my team's product to other ones. This led to me being laid off. I got generous notice and severance though.

4.0
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Toronto, Canada
July 16, 2025
Pros: I liked my day to day work while I was employed at DigitalOcean. The people were great and there were some interesting things to work on. I worked on one of the compute product teams and there was plenty of opportunity to think from the users' perspective (e.g. how they would deploy code to it) and the back end's perspective (e.g. how we would scale to the users' deployed workloads and have good observability).
Cons: Unfortunately, there were many products in the lineup at the time I joined and some were given less priority than others. It was like the company was still trying to find its overall direction. I think they overhired for my team, not realizing they'd switch focus from my team's product to other ones. This led to me being laid off. I got generous notice and severance though.

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