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Software Development Engineer In Test Interview Experience

April 20, 2015
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I contacted them via their webpage, as per the job description, and was contacted by their recruiter via email to set up a time for a technical phone screen.

Upon conversing with the other SDET, I was clear about my background and experience and what I was looking for. However, his description of the role seemed to counter my view and my understanding of the online job description.

As we worked through the coding exercise, I hadn't had a lot of familiarity with the Queue class in .Net and was asking questions to try to implement it correctly, as there was no intellisense in the online tool we were using. His tone towards my questions grew more condescending as the interview went on. I kept my temper down, but it is not encouraging to try to answer a question when someone asks about your experience in a demeaning way.

I went over my experience again and where I may not know something, and he stated that the recruiter would be in contact. I received the rejection email within 2 minutes of hanging up.

It's fine to not be qualified for a job, but you can at least be nice to the person you're talking with. Maybe it was a bad day, but that was rude.

Questions

Implement a Stack using the Queue class with the given methods: Enqueue, Dequeue, and Count.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the Groupon Software Development Engineer In Test role in United States.

Success Rate

20%
Pass Rate

Groupon's interview process for their Software Development Engineer In Test roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive60%
Neutral10%
Negative30%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Groupon's Software Development Engineer In Test interview process in United States.

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