Grammarly

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Germany

October 26, 2025

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

HR round and then phone call. The highlight of the phone interview was complex LeetCode-style questions, for which perfect solutions were expected. This is not a good way to hire a senior engineer.

Questions

Complex LeetCode-style questions (graph)

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Grammarly Senior Software Engineer role in Germany.

Success Rate

33%

Pass Rate

Grammarly's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Germany is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%

Neutral33%

Negative33%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Grammarly's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Germany.

Grammarly Interview Questions

Merge Intervals

Medium

You are given a collection of intervals. Merge all overlapping intervals into a single interval and return the result.

ArraysSorting

Remove All Adjacent Duplicates In String

Easy

You're given a string and need to repeatedly remove adjacent, identical characters until no more duplicates exist. Return the final string after all such removals.

StringsStacksTwo Pointers

Insert Delete GetRandom O(1)

Medium

Design a data structure that supports insert, delete, and getRandom operations, all in average O(1) time. The getRandom method should return a random element from the current set of elements.

ArraysHash Table