Career growth and salary is not great for existing employees
Career growth and salary is not great for existing employees
Good work-life balance.
Flex options to work.
Salary doesn't match with other companies in the market.
Doesn't care about hikes or promotions of existing employees in spite of their hard work.
Doesn't really understand the criteria for promoting Software Engineer 2 or 3 to Manager positions who don't have prominent contributions to the team.
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F5 Interview Experiences
Software Engineer II
First, a networking domain round, a coding round, and a behavioral round. Merge Sort was asked in the coding round. Questions related to load balancers were asked in the networking round. Networking fundamentals were asked too.
Software Engineer II
One phone session followed by 5 sessions of 1-1 interviews. HR was all praises on how good F5 is, but I found it quite otherwise. We discussed salaries, and F5 pays well. Technology is good, but they have some old-timers who are trying to protect the
Software Engineer II
I had 5 interviews from my future teammates and a lunch interview with my future manager. It's a technical interview that tests your fundamentals in the areas of OS and Networks, and coding skills. It's an all-day affair.
Software Engineer II
Seattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 12, 2025First, a networking domain round, a coding round, and a behavioral round. Merge Sort was asked in the coding round. Questions related to load balancers were asked in the networking round. Networking fundamentals were asked too.
Software Engineer II
Seattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 1, 2013One phone session followed by 5 sessions of 1-1 interviews. HR was all praises on how good F5 is, but I found it quite otherwise. We discussed salaries, and F5 pays well. Technology is good, but they have some old-timers who are trying to protect the
Software Engineer II
Seattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 1, 2012I had 5 interviews from my future teammates and a lunch interview with my future manager. It's a technical interview that tests your fundamentals in the areas of OS and Networks, and coding skills. It's an all-day affair.
