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Senior Product Engineer Interview Experience

February 23, 2018

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Interview Process:

HR Phone Screen (45 minutes)
Technical Test (5-hour window)
Pairing (Follow-up on Tech Test, 1 hour)
Cultural Interview

I am not entirely sure what they were looking for in terms of technical aptitude. I enjoyed the process, despite not receiving an offer. Unfortunately, it's hard to gauge which technical skills and keywords an interviewer might be seeking. The applicant pool is also enormous, so whether you are good, great, or somewhere in between, there will be significant competition for a single role.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the GitHub Senior Product Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

GitHub's interview process for their Senior Product Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for GitHub's Senior Product Engineer interview process in United States.

GitHub Work Experiences

Smart Colleagues, But Race Issues

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: WLF, smart co-workers, pay

Cons: Race issues, no advancement if you're a woman and/or POC.

Smart Colleagues, But Race Issues

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: WLF, smart co-workers, pay

Cons: Race issues, no advancement if you're a woman and/or POC.

A decent company heading in the wrong direction

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Pros: 1. Get to work with some very smart people. 2. Decent compensation and benefits.

Cons: 1. Very bad leadership. They do not practice the values they preach. 2. Work-life balance is messed up quite frequently. 3. Too many responsibilities in on-call rotations. 4. The sudden shift on making everything about AI is hurting the core products of the company.

A decent company heading in the wrong direction

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Pros: 1. Get to work with some very smart people. 2. Decent compensation and benefits.

Cons: 1. Very bad leadership. They do not practice the values they preach. 2. Work-life balance is messed up quite frequently. 3. Too many responsibilities in on-call rotations. 4. The sudden shift on making everything about AI is hurting the core products of the company.

Great to intern for

Summer Software Engineering Internship • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

December 8, 2021

Pros: Great to intern for. Met so many great people.

Cons: It was a little confusing being an intern while the company was also going through the re-org.

Great to intern for

Summer Software Engineering Internship • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

December 8, 2021

Pros: Great to intern for. Met so many great people.

Cons: It was a little confusing being an intern while the company was also going through the re-org.

Smart Colleagues, But Race Issues

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: WLF, smart co-workers, pay

Cons: Race issues, no advancement if you're a woman and/or POC.

1.0
Smart Colleagues, But Race Issues
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
July 26, 2023
Pros: WLF, smart co-workers, pay
Cons: Race issues, no advancement if you're a woman and/or POC.

A decent company heading in the wrong direction

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Pros: 1. Get to work with some very smart people. 2. Decent compensation and benefits.

Cons: 1. Very bad leadership. They do not practice the values they preach. 2. Work-life balance is messed up quite frequently. 3. Too many responsibilities in on-call rotations. 4. The sudden shift on making everything about AI is hurting the core products of the company.

2.0
A decent company heading in the wrong direction
Software Engineer II • Current Employee
April 11, 2023
Pros: 1. Get to work with some very smart people. 2. Decent compensation and benefits.
Cons: 1. Very bad leadership. They do not practice the values they preach. 2. Work-life balance is messed up quite frequently. 3. Too many responsibilities in on-call rotations. 4. The sudden shift on making everything about AI is hurting the core products of the company.

Great to intern for

Summer Software Engineering Internship • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

December 8, 2021

Pros: Great to intern for. Met so many great people.

Cons: It was a little confusing being an intern while the company was also going through the re-org.

4.0
Great to intern for
Summer Software Engineering Internship • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
December 8, 2021
Pros: Great to intern for. Met so many great people.
Cons: It was a little confusing being an intern while the company was also going through the re-org.

GitHub Interview Questions

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?

Greedy Algorithms

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.

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.

Bit ManipulationGreedy Algorithms

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