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Software Engineer Interview Experience

March 14, 2019
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online, and the process took three weeks.

I applied via LinkedIn, and an internal recruiter contacted me in a few hours. We set up a video interview using Zoom. That was followed by a video call with two senior developers, then a take-home assignment, and then another video call. They only gave two days to complete the assignment, which is enough to do the project, but not enough to make it perfect. The main focus here is security. If you miss points on security, then you're done. Focus on security over all else. If I had to do it all over again, I would skip everything from the nice-to-have list and make sure the security is good.

Questions

CSRF, search time on a linked list, XSS.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 40 interview experiences for the Kraken Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

40%
Pass Rate

Kraken's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral5%
Negative45%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Kraken's Software Engineer interview process.

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