Process
The interview process took a few weeks.
First, there was a screening with the recruiter who originally reached out.
Then, there was a technical "pair programming" problem that took around an hour.
Finally, there was a virtual "on-site" interview that took around six hours.
Overall, the process wasn't too bad, outside of one question. Everyone I talked to was pretty friendly.
My only advice to Discord would be to let candidates be a little more free-form and less boxed in on the "data structures in real life" question. There are definitely more ways than one to answer it.
Questions
Pre-interview, the recruiter provided me with a schedule that included the topics and ran through them with me. One of the topics was building a "swear-filter," which was something I was familiar with and had built before.
However, during this interview, the interviewer wanted me to use a trie, which was something I had never used.
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Interview Statistics
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Discord Work Experiences
- 5.0Great place to workSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeApril 23, 2021Pros: The company really cares about its employees.Cons: No significant cons; it's pretty great.
- 4.0Good placeSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeFebruary 5, 2026Pros: There are nice benefits and pay, and a comfortable company.Cons: Leadership is not so mature, and there is no clear path to monetization.
- 5.0Great Tech, Fun GrowthSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesApril 9, 2020Pros: Discord is an excellent place to work. The team is full of talented, hardworking, ambitious, and humble people. If you use Discord, then you know the Discord application itself is superb. It takes a great team to make a great application. Since Discord is a younger company, there are plenty of opportunities for career growth as we expand. The management team focuses a lot on growing people. There are weekly or bi-weekly 1-on-1s with your manager that are solely focused on career growth. The benefits package is solid. You can check the website for the most up-to-date information. It is on par or better than other places I have worked. My personal favorite benefits are free lunch and gym membership. For engineering specifically, Discord has been an excellent place to work. Discord has a knack for embracing new technologies while still remaining stable in the face of growth. For example, we were early to embrace Rust, Scylla, and React. Also, Discord's engineering team (and entire company, really) is exceptionally small for the number of users it has. So far, we have been diligent about growing the team intelligently. Additionally, we follow many industry best practices around testing, deployment, and product development. We also spend a decent amount of time doing forward-thinking refactoring and development in order to stay out of tech debt. There are a lot of interesting technical challenges at Discord. If you like scaling a fast-growing product, then working at Discord will be a lot of fun.Cons: Discord is a fast-growing unicorn startup. It's exciting, but chaotic at times. If you have a hard time with things changing, then Discord might not be a good fit. With that said, things have become much more stable over time, and I expect that to continue to be true.
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