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Software Engineering Manager Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

March 1, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process took a few weeks.

It began with an initial chat with a hiring manager, followed by two days of interviews split by a week.

From a structural perspective, the interview is reasonable and what you would expect. However, the interviewers were somewhat inexperienced and clearly reading off a set of questions rather than engaging in a two-way conversation about specific topics. Go into this prepared to answer a stock set of questions.

One interviewer looked visibly angry coming into the call, and another was rushed and distracted. It's a well-designed interview, but I wasn't impressed with the overall pool of people I spoke with.

The technical portions were reasonable. However, the architecture presentation session is with an engineer rather than an EM, so be prepared to shift from super deep to high-level. I'm a little curious how they are evaluating this portion; this might be something to ask about before going in.

Overall, it wasn't a terrible experience, but I didn't walk away feeling like they have their stuff together.

Please don't put folks into sessions that clearly don't want to be there!

It seems like a fun place, but I would not want the majority of these folks supporting me and my career if I were an IC.

Questions

I can't share any questions, but it's all reasonable stuff.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Figma Software Engineering Manager role in San Francisco, California.

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Pass Rate

Figma's interview process for their Software Engineering Manager roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Figma's Software Engineering Manager interview process in San Francisco, California.

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