Software Engineer Interview Experience - Germany
October 1, 2024
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
A lengthy but overall pleasant process, involving around 6-8 interviews. Of these, 3 are technical:
- A generic LeetCode-like test.
- A whiteboard system design test.
- A specific language expertise test.
Initially intimidating, but with a little bit of preparation, it's a fair test of average difficulty. Questions revolve more around generic programming and development processes knowledge rather than specific domain knowledge.
After the initial assessment and the technical challenges, these are followed by a few interviews to showcase your previous experiences, how you deal with communication, and how you manage time and priorities.
All the people I interfaced with were friendly and professional.
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 17 interview experiences for the Grammarly Software Engineer role in Germany.
Success Rate
71%
Pass Rate
Grammarly's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Germany is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive71%
Neutral6%
Negative24%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Grammarly's Software Engineer interview process in Germany.
Grammarly Work Experiences
5.0
Ethical product, company, and team
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
September 19, 2019
Pros: Grammarly is an amazing company to work for. The values they hold aren't just on a poster on the wall, but they are actually embodied by the employees.
Cons: It would be nice to have a WFH policy, for example, one day a week.
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!
5.0
Great place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 17, 2021
Pros: Generous leave, kind and thoughtful coworkers, a clear mission, and a great product that our customers love.
Cons: Growing quickly can lead to communication and coordination challenges. Multiple offices can be a challenge for communication.
- 5.0Ethical product, company, and teamSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 19, 2019Pros: Grammarly is an amazing company to work for. The values they hold aren't just on a poster on the wall, but they are actually embodied by the employees.Cons: It would be nice to have a WFH policy, for example, one day a week.
- 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!
- 5.0Great place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 17, 2021Pros: Generous leave, kind and thoughtful coworkers, a clear mission, and a great product that our customers love.Cons: Growing quickly can lead to communication and coordination challenges. Multiple offices can be a challenge for communication.
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