Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Santa Clara, California
Process
A recruiter call is followed by a hiring manager screening and finally, five technical rounds.
Apparently, they don't look at your resume at all. So, you spend some time introducing yourself and talking about your projects with every interviewer.
Similar to Amazon interviews, they also ask leadership principle questions.
Round 1: C coding. Round 2-5: Easy to medium level LeetCode questions. A design question is included in one of the rounds.
They have a long interview process, which takes five weeks. The recruiter won't help you much regarding the process and doesn't provide timelines for decision-making.
The recruiter will only inform you that they are interviewing more candidates and that a decision will be provided after all interviews are completed.
Questions
Bit flipping, Little Big Endian, and memory allocation-related coding problems.
Easy to medium level LeetCode.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the F5 Senior Software Engineer role in Santa Clara, California.
Success Rate
F5's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Santa Clara, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for F5's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Santa Clara, California.
F5 Work Experiences
- 3.0Culture was good, degrading day by daySenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeHyderābād, Telangana, IndiaNovember 3, 2025Pros: - Good salary for freshers and new hires - Very good work-life balance - Plenty of leaves - Free lunch and snacks - People are goodCons: - Legacy tech stacks - No learning and growth - No career progression - No merit-based promotion; you need to complete a certain number of years to get promoted, no matter how well you have performed over the year. - Frequently changing policies are no longer employee-centric (like shifting the quarterly bonus to annually). - Managers play games, but you won't notice. They are well-trained to manipulate employees diplomatically. - Frequent layoffs (includes high performers too). - Plenty of leaves, but people are not taking them. Management should motivate employees to take time off. - People showing off their work by being active on Teams and Git on weekends and during late nights (honestly, we don't have that much work). - Managers expecting (though not forcing) everyone to join late-night meetings (even if they are optional).
- 3.0Priorities shift too frequentlySenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 12, 2025Pros: Company’s core values and culture.Cons: Uncertain times, priorities shift too frequently, causing major layoffs.
- 1.0Work culture reviewSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaMay 28, 2025Pros: Benefits are good. Salary as per market standard.Cons: Worst leadership. Hire and fire company. Unrealistic timelines. Leadership/management expects software developers to work more than 70 hours a week.
