Marqeta

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

January 1, 2020

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Don't waste your time by interviewing with Marqeta!

They are just interviewing candidates to get their employees some interview experience!

Interview process includes a phone screen (LC -easy/medium) and 4 hours of onsite.

The onsite includes 1 behavioral, 1 coding, 1 design and 1 product round.

I solved the design question and the follow up questions which include adding more features and finding a bug in the question.

The interviewer was happy with my answers and for the bug fix.

Coding question was a very common LC question which I solved 100 %, but the dumb interviewer didn't think so.

The behavioral interview was OK.

But the last round with a product manager was a joke!

It was another behavioral interview with minor focus on product.

I got a call from the recruiter 2 days later asking for the feedback regarding interview process!

WTF!

When asked about the next steps repeatedly, he told that it was a reject as the interview feedback didn't match senior level expectations!

Seriously!

If solving the design question and all the follow up questions completely doesn't qualify a candidate for a senior level engineer, what else does??

Please please don't waste candidates time.

Get a life!

Questions

The process included design, coding, behavioral, and product rounds!

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Marqeta Senior Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

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Pass Rate

Marqeta's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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

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