Data Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
June 1, 2022
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
I was already in the middle of interviewing, and when Grammarly reached out, they really sped things up for me.
After chatting with the hiring manager, I was promptly scheduled for onsite interviews spanning five rounds and a coffee chat with the team.
I had a really positive experience. The interviewers were all super friendly, and the interviews were not intimidating at all. The behavioral rounds were a little unusual, but the hiring manager set clear expectations overall. I actually really appreciate their interview process, as their strong culture is reflected in it. I think they do a better job at filtering out jerks.
While I did get an offer, I unfortunately had to turn it down since I already had an offer from an earlier-stage startup paying more cash, which I preferred in current macroeconomic conditions.
Questions
Standard LeetCode data structure and algorithms questions.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Grammarly Data Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Grammarly's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral50%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Grammarly's Data Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Grammarly Work Experiences
5.0
Great team, much growth, I love it! :)
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 11, 2019
Pros: - Great balance of challenging projects and support from the team to keep growing continuously and effectively.
- Many opportunities to make a meaningful impact on the users of the product.
- Amazing team culture across the company in all offices! Ownership mindset, grit, and commitment make it easy and enjoyable to work in a distributed team.
Cons: Morning hours are preferable in the San Francisco office to allow sufficient overlap with the Kyiv timeline. On the upside, such a schedule has brought more structure to my workday. :)
5.0
Fast-growing company with a great culture
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
September 26, 2022
Pros: + Useful product with millions of users
+ Strong user retention
+ Growing eng team
+ A lot of technical challenges, interesting tech stack
+ Great culture
Cons: - Less liquidity as compared to public companies.
5.0
Highly competent team, ambitious goals, and a warm and trusting environment – a hidden gem!
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
September 3, 2019
Pros: Engineering:
- Strong senior engineers to work with and learn from.
- Breadth of interesting problems/topics, from distributed systems, NLP, functional programming, machine learning, and deep neural networks.
- Culture of proactive action and learning from mistakes, as opposed to the blame-shame-game.
- Overall, a solid software engineering house, open to new things but not chasing every "oooh, shiny sparkly."
Company:
- Emotionally intelligent team that does its best to be open to all types. New types welcome.
- Clear goals, balancing long-term and short-term well.
- Strong product development environment.
- Growth mindset.
Cons: - It's a challenge to grow the engineering team in the ultra-competitive Silicon Valley, hot-potato-engineer-passing environment.
- Would like a bit more time off—something that would be even more of an issue for me if I didn't enjoy coming in to work as much.
- More diversity on the engineering team—the females, the LGBTQI's, the browns—where ya'll at?!
- Beware: not all teammates can tell you the difference between the future perfect and the future perfect continuous tense!
- 5.0Great team, much growth, I love it! :)Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 11, 2019Pros: - Great balance of challenging projects and support from the team to keep growing continuously and effectively. - Many opportunities to make a meaningful impact on the users of the product. - Amazing team culture across the company in all offices! Ownership mindset, grit, and commitment make it easy and enjoyable to work in a distributed team.Cons: Morning hours are preferable in the San Francisco office to allow sufficient overlap with the Kyiv timeline. On the upside, such a schedule has brought more structure to my workday. :)
- 5.0Fast-growing company with a great cultureSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 26, 2022Pros: + Useful product with millions of users + Strong user retention + Growing eng team + A lot of technical challenges, interesting tech stack + Great cultureCons: - Less liquidity as compared to public companies.
- 5.0Highly competent team, ambitious goals, and a warm and trusting environment – a hidden gem!Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 3, 2019Pros: Engineering: - Strong senior engineers to work with and learn from. - Breadth of interesting problems/topics, from distributed systems, NLP, functional programming, machine learning, and deep neural networks. - Culture of proactive action and learning from mistakes, as opposed to the blame-shame-game. - Overall, a solid software engineering house, open to new things but not chasing every "oooh, shiny sparkly." Company: - Emotionally intelligent team that does its best to be open to all types. New types welcome. - Clear goals, balancing long-term and short-term well. - Strong product development environment. - Growth mindset.Cons: - It's a challenge to grow the engineering team in the ultra-competitive Silicon Valley, hot-potato-engineer-passing environment. - Would like a bit more time off—something that would be even more of an issue for me if I didn't enjoy coming in to work as much. - More diversity on the engineering team—the females, the LGBTQI's, the browns—where ya'll at?! - Beware: not all teammates can tell you the difference between the future perfect and the future perfect continuous tense!
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