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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

April 1, 2012
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a phone interview with the hiring manager. He was pleasant and introduced the position and went over the resume. He asked a lot of questions on Javascript:

  • What is prototype inheritance? When would you use it?
  • What are closures?

I got selected for on-site. This is where I was not impressed by the team and the vibe in the company. The cubicles in the company looked old, and the atmosphere did not sound vibrant.

I would have refused the offer even if I got the position.

Questions

Difference between JavaScript and ActionScript.

Design a car rental reservation system.

Perform Breadth-First Search and code it.

Problem similar to Tower of Hanoi, a recursive problem, but more complicated on the pegs and disks. Scale it using an Object-Oriented design.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the F5 Senior Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.

Success Rate

40%
Pass Rate

F5's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive40%
Neutral60%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for F5's Senior Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.

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