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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

May 1, 2022
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

My interview experience was very bizarre, especially because I had very positive feelings after I was done with all my interview rounds. They couldn't have gone better for me. Each and every interviewer seemed very pleased as well, and my resume deep dive went so great that managers took extended time to talk and even tried to convince me to join the company.

But I was rejected later, after a week. When I asked for feedback, I was told that there were areas of improvement in the rounds that went the best.

Interviewers literally told me that they gave me brownie points too for asking all the right questions and solving the problem. I did not even feel like it was my feedback at all. This has never happened to me before. More than sad, I'm heavily confused on what basis the company rejected me because, given a chance to interview again, I would give my interview exactly as I did before.

I heard people getting offers from Indeed when they pass just 2/19 test cases in progex. I passed 13/19, which is the maximum I've heard people pass in the interview. I cannot recall a single round where I would have had doubt and hold that responsible for my rejection.

I want to ask Indeed, are you sure you rejected the right candidate? I spent so much time preparing for this role, and I was so certain of the offer.

Why does the company waste candidates' time if they are just going to be racist or sexist during candidate selection? Because I don't see any other reason at all for my rejection.

Process:

  • First, there is a technical phone screening.
  • Later, they set up an onsite round that can go on for an entire day or be spread out over two days.
  • The onsite rounds are:
    • Architecture
    • Whiteboard
    • Code review
    • Progex
    • Resume deep dive (Behavioral)

Questions

BFS questions

Random number generator

Fuzzy search

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Indeed Senior Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

25%
Pass Rate

Indeed's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive25%
Neutral0%
Negative75%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Indeed's Senior Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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