Process
In-person interview; asked to code a solution in 30 minutes. They did not care about tests, code complexity, or compute resources. I feel they were looking for the same in their product.
Questions
Was given an Eclipse IDE and asked to code a solution within 30 minutes.
Was this helpful?
Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 36 interview experiences for the DraftKings Senior Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
17%
Pass Rate
DraftKings's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive31%
Neutral31%
Negative39%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for DraftKings's Senior Software Engineer interview process in United States.
DraftKings Work Experiences
5.0
Great Engineering Culture
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
April 16, 2024
Pros: - Abundance of talented engineers
- Great culture, everyone’s happy to help
- Access to whatever IDE/tools you want to use full JetBrains license, co-pilot etc…
- Drive to use the latest technology and follow best practices
- Very interesting sector to work in, unique challenges like dealing with spikes in load from events like the Super Bowl
- Great benefits/compensation/swag and lots of room to grow
Cons: Occasional on-call work (a few weeks a year).
3.0
Yawn, boring company
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
April 8, 2025
Pros: Work-life balance seems good, but it can be a little boring.
Cons: Not much innovation; it can get really boring. The product sells itself, really.
Lots of red tape. Every decision requires 30 people.
5.0
Good company to be in an exciting domain
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
May 15, 2025
Pros: - Exciting work
- Flexible working
- Swags
- Cute extra employee benefits
- Focused on AI enabling
Cons: Could have been even better if it was a Java stack instead of .NET :P
- 5.0Great Engineering CultureSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeDublin, Leinster, IrelandApril 16, 2024Pros: - Abundance of talented engineers - Great culture, everyone’s happy to help - Access to whatever IDE/tools you want to use full JetBrains license, co-pilot etc… - Drive to use the latest technology and follow best practices - Very interesting sector to work in, unique challenges like dealing with spikes in load from events like the Super Bowl - Great benefits/compensation/swag and lots of room to growCons: Occasional on-call work (a few weeks a year).
- 3.0Yawn, boring companySenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeApril 8, 2025Pros: Work-life balance seems good, but it can be a little boring.Cons: Not much innovation; it can get really boring. The product sells itself, really. Lots of red tape. Every decision requires 30 people.
- 5.0Good company to be in an exciting domainSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeDublin, Leinster, IrelandMay 15, 2025Pros: - Exciting work - Flexible working - Swags - Cute extra employee benefits - Focused on AI enablingCons: Could have been even better if it was a Java stack instead of .NET :P
Explore Interview QuestionsTaro 75Google Interview QuestionsMeta Interview QuestionsAmazon Interview QuestionsApple Interview QuestionsNetflix Interview Questions
Explore Interview ExperiencesOpenAI Interview ExperiencesAnthropic Interview ExperiencesPerplexity Interview ExperiencesWindsurf Interview ExperiencesMistral AI Interview Experiences
