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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 16, 2026
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Process

I applied through an employee referral. The process took two weeks.

The interview process was very smooth and well-structured. It focused strongly on real-life implementations rather than just theoretical knowledge. The interviewers were highly knowledgeable and encouraged in-depth, meaningful discussions. There were two hiring manager rounds: one at the beginning of the process to assess alignment with the company, and another at the end, which was a techno-managerial discussion, one DSA, one LLD, and one HLD.

Questions

HLD: Design a Top N movie recommendation system based on views in the last 7 days.

LLD: Design an Async Task processor and extend it to schedule task processing at a particular time and interval.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Harness Senior Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

36%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive36%
Neutral9%
Negative55%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Harness's Senior Software Engineer interview process.