GitHub

Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

January 1, 2018

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

A very lengthy process, with multiple rounds of interviews, but well worth it.

We met several times over the course of two weeks, and each time the level of difficulty increased.

However, it was smooth sailing once I received my offer.

Questions

Tell me about the most challenging engineering project that you have been involved with during the past year.

Which software packages are you familiar with?

What is the most interesting thing you know how to do with one of these packages?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the GitHub Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

100%

Pass Rate

GitHub's interview process for their Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for GitHub's Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

GitHub Work Experiences

Smart Team, Rocky Changes

Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: My peers here are incredibly smart, talented, knowledgeable, experienced, eager to share and help, and a joy to work with. Ignoring the excellent compensation and benefits, and the developing career opportunities, these people alone are worth working at GitHub for. The product is constantly getting better, and the people here care intensely about continuing that trend.

Cons: Organizational changes have been slow and a bit rocky. Many I've spoken to have reported bad experiences with managers or peers, though most others are perfectly happy and growing. Business strategy communication is weak, making it harder to sync up with leadership.

Smart Team, Rocky Changes

Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: My peers here are incredibly smart, talented, knowledgeable, experienced, eager to share and help, and a joy to work with. Ignoring the excellent compensation and benefits, and the developing career opportunities, these people alone are worth working at GitHub for. The product is constantly getting better, and the people here care intensely about continuing that trend.

Cons: Organizational changes have been slow and a bit rocky. Many I've spoken to have reported bad experiences with managers or peers, though most others are perfectly happy and growing. Business strategy communication is weak, making it harder to sync up with leadership.

Great company with awesome tech and even more awesome people

Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Fantastic people and focus on culture. Remote & work/life harmony. Great benefits. High level of autonomy and space to be creative. Surrounded by motivated and capable colleagues, leading to learning all the time.

Cons: Uncertainty around what'll come out of the Microsoft/GitHub union can be overwhelming at times.

Great company with awesome tech and even more awesome people

Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Fantastic people and focus on culture. Remote & work/life harmony. Great benefits. High level of autonomy and space to be creative. Surrounded by motivated and capable colleagues, leading to learning all the time.

Cons: Uncertainty around what'll come out of the Microsoft/GitHub union can be overwhelming at times.

Good company, management hit or miss

Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Smart people work there; transparency across the company.

Cons: Management is very hit or miss.

Good company, management hit or miss

Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Smart people work there; transparency across the company.

Cons: Management is very hit or miss.

Smart Team, Rocky Changes

Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: My peers here are incredibly smart, talented, knowledgeable, experienced, eager to share and help, and a joy to work with. Ignoring the excellent compensation and benefits, and the developing career opportunities, these people alone are worth working at GitHub for. The product is constantly getting better, and the people here care intensely about continuing that trend.

Cons: Organizational changes have been slow and a bit rocky. Many I've spoken to have reported bad experiences with managers or peers, though most others are perfectly happy and growing. Business strategy communication is weak, making it harder to sync up with leadership.

5.0
Smart Team, Rocky Changes
Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
May 29, 2015
Pros: My peers here are incredibly smart, talented, knowledgeable, experienced, eager to share and help, and a joy to work with. Ignoring the excellent compensation and benefits, and the developing career opportunities, these people alone are worth working at GitHub for. The product is constantly getting better, and the people here care intensely about continuing that trend.
Cons: Organizational changes have been slow and a bit rocky. Many I've spoken to have reported bad experiences with managers or peers, though most others are perfectly happy and growing. Business strategy communication is weak, making it harder to sync up with leadership.

Great company with awesome tech and even more awesome people

Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Fantastic people and focus on culture. Remote & work/life harmony. Great benefits. High level of autonomy and space to be creative. Surrounded by motivated and capable colleagues, leading to learning all the time.

Cons: Uncertainty around what'll come out of the Microsoft/GitHub union can be overwhelming at times.

5.0
Great company with awesome tech and even more awesome people
Engineer • Current Employee
May 18, 2020
Pros: Fantastic people and focus on culture. Remote & work/life harmony. Great benefits. High level of autonomy and space to be creative. Surrounded by motivated and capable colleagues, leading to learning all the time.
Cons: Uncertainty around what'll come out of the Microsoft/GitHub union can be overwhelming at times.

Good company, management hit or miss

Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Smart people work there; transparency across the company.

Cons: Management is very hit or miss.

4.0
Good company, management hit or miss
Engineer • Former Employee
March 7, 2019
Pros: Smart people work there; transparency across the company.
Cons: Management is very hit or miss.

GitHub Interview Questions

Ugly Number

Determine if a given positive integer is an ugly number. Ugly numbers are defined as positive numbers whose prime factors are limited to 2, 3, and 5.

Set Mismatch

You are given a set of numbers that originally contained all numbers from 1 to n. However, due to an error, one number is duplicated and another is missing. Find both the duplicated and missing numbers.

ArraysBit Manipulation

Determine if a Cell Is Reachable at a Given Time

You're at a starting cell and want to reach a target cell in a given amount of time. Can you reach the destination in the allotted time, considering you can move in any of the eight directions?

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