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Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

January 1, 2023
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a very positive impression of all of my interviewers and received nothing but positive feedback throughout the process. Despite this, I still received a rejection with no reason given in the end. I actually just sat down out of shock when I got the "we will not be moving forward with you" email. It turned what had been a positive interview experience into what now feels like an extremely frustrating waste of time.

The interview process took about a month and had four stages:

  • Recruiter chat
  • Technical screen
  • Hiring manager chat (to walk through some current projects; be sure to bring some questions to ask to fill the time)
  • Virtual onsite, which had five rounds:
    • 1 technical round specific to my skillset (e.g., if you're a frontend developer, this round will be specific to frontend development)
    • 1 technical round that seemed to be testing cross-functional collaboration skills
    • 1 technical round with a coding question with follow-ups
    • 1 hiring manager chat (a behavioral round)
    • 1 deep dive into a project I worked on

The recruiter shared a pretty helpful and comprehensive document beforehand that outlined what to expect during the virtual onsite interviews. The general coding questions weren't extremely difficult; all of mine focused on stack operations. I think if you've done a few stack-related questions on LeetCode, you'll do totally fine.

However, keep in mind that even if your interviewers tell you they're happy with the work you've demonstrated and that they hope to have you join their team soon, you still shouldn't get your hopes up.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 32 interview experiences for the Figma Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

16%
Pass Rate

Figma's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive56%
Neutral16%
Negative28%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Figma's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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