Senior Engineer II Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
4 Interviews: coding, API/app design, system design, and behavioural. The "system design" interview is actually a series of questions from a question bank to test the candidate's knowledge of different topics.
Questions
App design: design a borrowing-and-returning system for a public library. It covers things like inventory, IDs, race conditions, and article metadata.
It spans from the design of the API to considerations around storage and concurrency.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the HashiCorp Senior Engineer II role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
HashiCorp's interview process for their Senior Engineer II roles in San Francisco, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for HashiCorp's Senior Engineer II interview process in San Francisco, California.
HashiCorp Work Experiences
- 3.0Good People, Value Crippling ProcessesSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 26, 2024Pros: Everyone I worked with was extremely nice and personable.Cons: RFC-driven development creates layers of red tape and friction.
- 5.0Welcoming Culture, Meeting OverloadSoftware Engineer(Internship) • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 6, 2023Pros: Everyone is open-minded and welcome.Cons: Sometimes there are lots meetings.
- 4.0HashiCorp used to be awesomeSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluruNovember 27, 2025Pros: - Good folks - Decent payCons: - IBM acquisition - Bad leadership
