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Software Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom

March 25, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process includes an online assessment, which features the same question each year.

Next, there is a behavioral interview with basic questions about teamwork, requiring the use of the STAR technique.

Following this is the final technical round. The coding round involved merging two arrays; it was a simple and basic task. You need to consider all edge cases, lay them out, and write test cases. Everything must be perfect and executed quickly to pass.

The system design portion focuses on Netflix. You will be given requirements such as:

  • Customers should be able to browse TV shows and movies in our catalog, listed by genre and other categories like “recently added” or “top ten”.
  • Customers should be able to play videos at different resolutions on different devices.
  • The system should remember a customer’s play position so they can finish a movie they started the day before.

Your system design must be perfect. Get the requirements down quickly, draw out the diagram promptly, and describe everything in low detail. You will then be asked questions about aspects of the design, such as API request formats or suggested technologies. Be quick and polished.

I received a rejection for arbitrary reasons; they are very meticulous about the process and truly value perfection and polish in all aspects. I know multiple other people who were rejected for minor reasons as well, so speed and polish are crucial.

Questions

Merge two arrays up to a given length and return that merged array.

Design Netflix given requirements.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the HubSpot Software Engineer role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

HubSpot's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United Kingdom is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral17%
Negative33%

Candidates reported having good feelings for HubSpot's Software Engineer interview process in United Kingdom.

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