Had an employee referral and had to make a quick decision, so they got me onsite.
4 (1-1) + Paper-based test
1st Interview: Drilled a lot on projects and why things were done that way. Was a pretty serious guy and never smiled, not even when he entered the room.
2nd Interview:
3rd Interview: Question on hashing functions (how routing tables are designed).
4th Interview: Implement code to print elements in a binary tree on each level (non-recursive).
5th Interview: Systems questions (how malloc works, how memory is made up of [stack, heap]).
The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the F5 Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.
F5's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for F5's Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.