Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
One phone interview and four onsite rounds.
Honestly, a bunch of clowns. They asked me the exact same two questions from the phone interview in one of the onsite rounds.
The coding rounds were easy – easy/medium questions. The design round was about application design, not large-scale system design. This bothered me, and later, during the manager round, when I said I was hoping to work on large-scale distributed systems, he stated that most of their data and systems fit within a few nodes and they don't have problems I can help with. In fact, his suggestion was about how many active freights run at a time, and to handle that load, a single node is sufficient for most purposes.
The funny and weird part happened after that. The manager went on to suggest another company for me to interview, stating that the other company works with the kind of data and scale that I was looking forward to.
Another strange observation: you could see how every engineer you met was fakely obsessed with the global freight business and how they were drawn towards it.
Questions
Simple/Easy Programming Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 28 interview experiences for the Flexport Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Flexport's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Flexport's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Flexport Work Experiences
- 3.0Good Work, Low PaySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMay 10, 2023Pros: 1. Co-workers are friendly 2. Interesting workCons: 1. Low pay 2. Subpar benefits; could be better
- 5.0Huge Growth, Huge OpportunitiesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJune 30, 2015Pros: The industry Flexport is tackling runs the backbone of modern civilization. The opportunity for producing real change in the world is immense. It is growing like crazy. Everybody's opinion at the company matters. Good ideas and hustle trump ego at Flexport. The work is intellectually interesting, and you're given autonomy to execute as you see fit. Co-workers are wicked smart, fun, and very authentic people. No politics or nonsense. Really good health insurance and other perks.Cons: There is no on-site masseuse.
- 3.0Okay, as a first job, but I suggest moving to a bigger company for better learning opportunitiesSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 20, 2022Pros: Free food. Possibility to get rich when IPO (if you don’t mind waiting). People are nice. Besides one or two people I had to deal with, the rest of the community was pleasant to work with. Since it’s a startup in an interesting domain, many things are new to explore and solve.Cons: Low engineering level. Many underqualified people were found for their level, and a few were overqualified for what their level was. Some interviewers are not able to pass their own questions (from what I saw as a shadow), which impacts the hiring bar. Either they pick the easiest questions, or they can’t judge the candidate’s real level. Teams have no clear domain ownership. Different teams could be working in a component which should be owned by your team. No 401k. Development environments fail too often, resulting in people spending a lot of time troubleshooting (0-2 days) because either no one knows the issue/solution, or restarting the environment takes forever.
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