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Software Engineer Interview Experience

January 1, 2022
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Process

After a phone screen, I was sent a Karat interview to complete. You are given about 10 minutes to go through some open-ended questions revolving around OOP, computing principles, REST, etc. Then, you have 45 minutes to tackle three LeetCode-style (medium-hard) problems, increasing in difficulty.

For the on-site portion, it's a full day of interviews (with breaks). Each round starts with an introduction and some initial questions.

  • A code review round where you review some frontend/backend code in GitHub for bugs, structural issues, etc.
  • A whiteboard portion where you implement a data structure but don't execute it.
  • A "progex" portion where you solve an open-ended problem, not really LeetCode-style, and it needs to be optimized for time.
  • A system design portion that involves diagramming a full-stack solution to a given Indeed-specific problem.
  • There's also a resume deep-dive where there are more behavioral questions and they drill into your projects.

Questions

What's the difference between Composition and Inheritance?

Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with a co-worker.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 130 interview experiences for the Indeed Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

12%
Pass Rate

Indeed's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive53%
Neutral29%
Negative18%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Indeed's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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