Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
Had a phone screen scheduled.
The phone screen was a little disorganized. I was never told how it would work – if someone would call me, use Hangouts, or something else. The interviewer contacted me a little before the interview asking if I had Skype, to which I said no. He then just called me on my cell.
The phone screen started with a discussion about a project that I "iterated" on a couple of times. That took about 10 minutes. Afterwards, I was asked a technical coding question, which I wrote up using CodeShare. CodeShare made it really easy for me to write the code and have the interviewer review what I was writing. I explained my thought process as I was writing the code.
The technical question wasn't hard, but I didn't think through all the different test scenarios, so I had to rework a portion of my code.
Questions
What are some things you don't like about JavaScript?
What are some things you don't like about Ruby?
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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
- 5.0Great Team, Long HoursSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMay 15, 2016Pros: Fun and motivated coworkers Free lunch/dinner Frequent events Good pay Opportunity to work on one of the fastest-growing startups in Silicon Valley and work on a problem with obvious impact.Cons: It is not uncommon to work 9-10 hour days.
- 5.0Always Constantly EvolvingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMarch 18, 2018Pros: Ideas for change and improvement often come from individual contributors as opposed to management. Switching teams is relatively easy. C-levels are very approachable. The hiring bar is really high, and other engineers come from successful backgrounds. We just hired a VP of Engineering that's going to change/fix a lot of the organizational issues and restructure the org.Cons: Career advancement and review cycles are still being fully ironed out. The product has a ton of area as it's really wide, and it gets progressively harder to understand everything.
- 2.0Software plays less and less of a role in Flexport's successSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 13, 2020Pros: - Interesting business domain - Smart and hardworking people - Revenue is growingCons: - Engineering and product direction is increasingly detached from the business direction. Our company will only survive if it becomes more efficient than its competitors, yet most of our software teams are not focused on helping make our ops teams more efficient. - The most talented, tenured, and senior people in the software org are leaving the fastest. - It's hard to get support from middle management when you need something. - Internal communication and alignment is getting worse, leading to even more politics.
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