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Software Engineer Interview Experience

November 1, 2013
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process was two rounds. One person interviewed me regarding the backend, and the other interviewed me regarding the frontend.

Backend questions included, "What is your favorite data structure?" Of course, they expected me to say Hash Table and then asked how I would implement it. They also asked a sorting question, which I really wish I remembered.

Overall, the backend interviewers were very aggressive. They didn't ask any questions to get to know me; they just jumped straight into the code.

The frontend developer was a lot nicer. He started off with a CSS question: there was a picture in the room, and he asked how I would create it with CSS. Then, he followed it up with a JavaScript question, asking how I would write a function where, given the column and row number, I would be returned the appropriate box, similar to how Excel organizes its spreadsheets. (For example, if you were given row 1, column 1, you would get A1).

Questions

Write a function that, given the row and column numbers, returns the appropriate box in an Excel document.

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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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