Software Engineering Interview Experience - Austin, Texas
February 1, 2017
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
This was the longest onsite I have ever done: eight hours for an internship position. It was really long and tiring.
They made us listen to presentations for one and a half hours, which was way too long. The entire onsite consisted of three rounds of 1-hour whiteboarding and one 1.5-hour online assessment.
Initially, I applied through the college career fair and did an on-campus round, which was really easy.
I didn't connect with the interviewers so well.
The company has a really big and awesome campus, though, and good dining places.
Questions
Medium-level questions with harder follow-ups. Definitely brush up on data structures like queue, stack, and heap.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Indeed Software Engineering role in Austin, Texas.
Success Rate
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Pass Rate
Indeed's interview process for their Software Engineering roles in Austin, Texas is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Indeed's Software Engineering interview process in Austin, Texas.
Indeed Work Experiences
4.0
Good for Developers
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
September 24, 2021
Pros: Work-life balance, compensation, growth.
Cons: Sometimes a bit hectic, middle managers.
3.0
Ineffective management, old tech
Staff Software Engineer • Former Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
April 16, 2024
Pros: The product is pretty useful, and the work/life balance is okay. Some teams are remote, which is nice.
Cons: Technical management, at least in my experience, doesn't know what they're doing. I honestly don't understand the purpose of dev managers who don't know how to code.
If your experience is like mine, expect your DM to make you do their job. Resource planning and meeting organization are all ad hoc and delegated. DMs are glorified performance reviewers, and it's pretty clear they're being directed to squeeze performance reviews to find excuses to fire or hold back good engineers to avoid more layoffs, like all the big tech companies.
Meanwhile, the tech stack is a mess. It's honestly baffling in 2024. It's something I would have considered obsolete in 2014.
There's no time for tech debt, though, because management is so bad at managing projects that everyone is just working on experimental projects that are desperately guessing at ways to improve UX. The vast majority of which fail, wasting months of work.
That makes sense for Google, who basically admitted 10 years ago that they'd peaked. Every app does eventually.
But you shouldn't hire for growth if you aren't growing.
4.0
Good company, but inefficient systems engineering organization
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
August 31, 2019
Pros: Indeed has a fantastic work culture. Everyone is smart and friendly. They treat the engineers extremely well. We have great benefits, and it's a joy to come to work. We have big technical projects but don't have to break our backs to get them done. Compensation is among the highest in the Austin area. I'm proud to work here.
Cons: The engineering org is unusually political. If you need a project that introduces new technology, it's not enough to make a good technical case. You also need to appease individuals in the "global infrastructure"/"systems engineering" organization.
Without their approval, they'll actively block your work. Even with their approval, they'll take months to do the work necessary to let you do your work, while imposing unusual access restrictions in the name of cost and security.
Almost my entire team is operating at 33% efficiency as we're blocked on systems engineering efforts to move forward. There needs to be some alignment among senior leadership on how we choose to empower developers to occasionally break the mold.
- 4.0Good for DevelopersSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesSeptember 24, 2021Pros: Work-life balance, compensation, growth.Cons: Sometimes a bit hectic, middle managers.
- 3.0Ineffective management, old techStaff Software Engineer • Former EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesApril 16, 2024Pros: The product is pretty useful, and the work/life balance is okay. Some teams are remote, which is nice.Cons: Technical management, at least in my experience, doesn't know what they're doing. I honestly don't understand the purpose of dev managers who don't know how to code. If your experience is like mine, expect your DM to make you do their job. Resource planning and meeting organization are all ad hoc and delegated. DMs are glorified performance reviewers, and it's pretty clear they're being directed to squeeze performance reviews to find excuses to fire or hold back good engineers to avoid more layoffs, like all the big tech companies. Meanwhile, the tech stack is a mess. It's honestly baffling in 2024. It's something I would have considered obsolete in 2014. There's no time for tech debt, though, because management is so bad at managing projects that everyone is just working on experimental projects that are desperately guessing at ways to improve UX. The vast majority of which fail, wasting months of work. That makes sense for Google, who basically admitted 10 years ago that they'd peaked. Every app does eventually. But you shouldn't hire for growth if you aren't growing.
- 4.0Good company, but inefficient systems engineering organizationSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesAugust 31, 2019Pros: Indeed has a fantastic work culture. Everyone is smart and friendly. They treat the engineers extremely well. We have great benefits, and it's a joy to come to work. We have big technical projects but don't have to break our backs to get them done. Compensation is among the highest in the Austin area. I'm proud to work here.Cons: The engineering org is unusually political. If you need a project that introduces new technology, it's not enough to make a good technical case. You also need to appease individuals in the "global infrastructure"/"systems engineering" organization. Without their approval, they'll actively block your work. Even with their approval, they'll take months to do the work necessary to let you do your work, while imposing unusual access restrictions in the name of cost and security. Almost my entire team is operating at 33% efficiency as we're blocked on systems engineering efforts to move forward. There needs to be some alignment among senior leadership on how we choose to empower developers to occasionally break the mold.
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