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Software Engineer Interview Experience

March 9, 2022

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Call with hiring manager
Take-home assignment

This is where I dropped off in the process, so I'm not sure what came next. I believe the step that followed was another interview.

Questions

The manager call was standard behavioral interview questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 44 interview experiences for the GitHub Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

14%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive45%

Neutral14%

Negative41%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for GitHub's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

GitHub Work Experiences

Lovely Company, No Cons!

Software Engineer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

January 23, 2023

Pros: A lovely company to work in.

Cons: There are no cons working for this company.

Lovely Company, No Cons!

Software Engineer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

January 23, 2023

Pros: A lovely company to work in.

Cons: There are no cons working for this company.

Great Coders, Expired Key

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: People there are all coders.

Cons: My primary key expired last week.

Great Coders, Expired Key

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: People there are all coders.

Cons: My primary key expired last week.

Good Perks, Okay Worklife

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

January 29, 2021

Pros: WFH allowance Education allowance Internet and health perks

Cons: Work-life is okay, not like Microsoft.

Good Perks, Okay Worklife

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

January 29, 2021

Pros: WFH allowance Education allowance Internet and health perks

Cons: Work-life is okay, not like Microsoft.

Lovely Company, No Cons!

Software Engineer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

January 23, 2023

Pros: A lovely company to work in.

Cons: There are no cons working for this company.

4.0
Lovely Company, No Cons!
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
January 23, 2023
Pros: A lovely company to work in.
Cons: There are no cons working for this company.

Great Coders, Expired Key

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: People there are all coders.

Cons: My primary key expired last week.

5.0
Great Coders, Expired Key
Software Engineer • Former Employee
May 3, 2022
Pros: People there are all coders.
Cons: My primary key expired last week.

Good Perks, Okay Worklife

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

January 29, 2021

Pros: WFH allowance Education allowance Internet and health perks

Cons: Work-life is okay, not like Microsoft.

4.0
Good Perks, Okay Worklife
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
January 29, 2021
Pros: WFH allowance Education allowance Internet and health perks
Cons: Work-life is okay, not like Microsoft.

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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