Cloud Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
Process
Coordinating the interviews was very confusing, as it seemed I was passed around the recruiting team several times. I emailed/spoke with at least 4 recruiters.
I had a total of 6 interviews over about 3 weeks:
- Recruiter screen
- Technical challenge (HackerRank live coding)
- Hiring Manager Interview (Behavioral)
- Systems Design Interview
- Cloud Infrastructure Interview
- Skip Level Manager Interview (Behavioral)
After all of this, I was told, "the position is on hold."
Questions
Write code to parse logs and answer prompts about the logs.
Tell me about a time when you made a serious mistake.
Design the system for a given application.
How would you architect this given app in the cloud?
Tell me about a project you are proud of.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Handshake Cloud Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.
Success Rate
Handshake's interview process for their Cloud Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Handshake's Cloud Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.
Handshake Work Experiences
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