Remote Senior Backend Engineer Interview Experience - Germany
Process
I had a very friendly call first with the HR manager and then with the engineering manager of a specific dev team internal to GitHub.
They were both very friendly, laid-back, and honest about the position.
Questions
I was given a timeboxed technical task, consisting of a set of four subtasks. These involved adding new features to, and making tests pass for, a preexisting legacy Rails 4 application.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the GitHub Remote Senior Backend Engineer role in Germany.
Success Rate
GitHub's interview process for their Remote Senior Backend Engineer roles in Germany is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for GitHub's Remote Senior Backend Engineer interview process in Germany.
GitHub Work Experiences
- 5.0Great company to work forCustomer Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeHouston, Texas, United StatesJuly 14, 2023Pros: Friendly staff, best managers, great colleagues.Cons: MS incorporation. Have to use Macs. Demanding customers.
- 3.0Good Team, Bad Product FocusSoftware Engineer I • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 1, 2025Pros: The teammates I were with are good and hardworking people.Cons: The direction of the company is going to Copilot. I wished they invested more in their core product as an open-source online code repository.
- 3.0Not GitHub Anymore, Definitely Becoming MicrosoftSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeAustin, TXDecember 1, 2025Pros: The benefits include compensation after base pay, the people you work with, the ability to contribute to GitHub, and great internal tooling.Cons: - React-all-the-things - Base Pay - Promotion process
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