Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
October 1, 2024
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
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An initial call with the recruiter to discuss the role and how my experience aligns with the role and company.
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Phone screen.
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Final rounds with multiple engineers on the team and the hiring manager.
Questions
The questions were related to string manipulation, a fairly common topic on YouTube and LeetCode, and were tagged accordingly.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Grubhub Software Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Grubhub's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Grubhub's Software Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.
Grubhub Work Experiences
3.0
Things are changing
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
October 26, 2025
Pros: Work can still be very interesting.
With the loss of a ton of very experienced people, there's room to move up.
Cons: Pushing for moving very fast and breaking more things can cause a decrease in code quality.
Lots of very experienced teammates are bailing, and upper management is not backfilling quickly enough.
2.0
Political Layoffs, Good Engineers
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
July 14, 2025
Pros: - Work-life balance was fine.
- I'm not sure after Wonder took over.
- Great fellow engineers to work together with.
Cons: Very political. I have good evidence that my layoffs were politically targeted because I had high reviews with numerous responsibilities.
Compensation is below average.
Velocity is very slow.
5.0
Good place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
April 6, 2025
Pros: Generally good work-life balance and interesting work.
Cons: Not much, but we were recently acquired and it seems like our RTO policy will change soon.
- 3.0Things are changingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesOctober 26, 2025Pros: Work can still be very interesting. With the loss of a ton of very experienced people, there's room to move up.Cons: Pushing for moving very fast and breaking more things can cause a decrease in code quality. Lots of very experienced teammates are bailing, and upper management is not backfilling quickly enough.
- 2.0Political Layoffs, Good EngineersSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJuly 14, 2025Pros: - Work-life balance was fine. - I'm not sure after Wonder took over. - Great fellow engineers to work together with.Cons: Very political. I have good evidence that my layoffs were politically targeted because I had high reviews with numerous responsibilities. Compensation is below average. Velocity is very slow.
- 5.0Good place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesApril 6, 2025Pros: Generally good work-life balance and interesting work.Cons: Not much, but we were recently acquired and it seems like our RTO policy will change soon.
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