Software Engineer Interview Experience - Glendale, California
September 27, 2024
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
For a contract role working on a frontend-focused role, the steps were:
- Phone screen with recruiter
- Phone call with tech lead
- Did a take-home project
- Zoom call with two engineers. Went over the take-home project and asked to make one revision on the call. Then, did a LeetCode medium problem.
- Zoom meeting with PM over behavioral questions
- Zoom meeting with principal engineer over systems design.
Questions
Tell me, how would you create an "upload video" feature, like that of YouTube? Draw it for me and explain your process.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Disney Software Engineer role in Glendale, California.
Success Rate
25%
Pass Rate
Disney's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Glendale, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive75%
Neutral0%
Negative25%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Disney's Software Engineer interview process in Glendale, California.
Disney Work Experiences
5.0
Lots of opportunities
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Glendale, California, United States
October 22, 2025
Pros: Flexible work-life balance is great.
Cons: They are making everyone go back to the office.
5.0
Great Learning, Yucky La
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Glendale, California, United States
September 17, 2024
Pros: Learn a lot, good opportunity.
Cons: You have to live in LA. Yucky, gross, ew. :(
4.0
Good Balance, Low Pay
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Glendale, California, United States
April 10, 2022
Pros: Work/life balance was good, and they had a micro kitchen.
Cons: Pay and benefits were less competitive than elsewhere.
A lot of outsourcing.
The QA team was located in the Philippines, and it seemed that their team’s goals didn’t align with the product team’s goals.
- 5.0Lots of opportunitiesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeGlendale, California, United StatesOctober 22, 2025Pros: Flexible work-life balance is great.Cons: They are making everyone go back to the office.
- 5.0Great Learning, Yucky LaSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeGlendale, California, United StatesSeptember 17, 2024Pros: Learn a lot, good opportunity.Cons: You have to live in LA. Yucky, gross, ew. :(
- 4.0Good Balance, Low PaySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeGlendale, California, United StatesApril 10, 2022Pros: Work/life balance was good, and they had a micro kitchen.Cons: Pay and benefits were less competitive than elsewhere. A lot of outsourcing. The QA team was located in the Philippines, and it seemed that their team’s goals didn’t align with the product team’s goals.
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