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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Argentina

December 1, 2023
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

First, a direct interview with the team, to share a bit about previous experiences and challenges they have at MELI. Then, two more technical interviews, informal chats, with more system design-style questions. A fourth interview with someone from Talent to align salary expectations. A fifth interview with managers. Only then do they make an economic proposal.

In the fourth interview, you only share your salary expectation, so if you're not aligned with their bands, you're discarded. This was my case, having performed well in all interviews, they told me I was outside their bands, so I wasted my time with four totally unnecessary interviews.

The technical level is noticeably no longer that good, and evidently, the salaries aren't either.

For people in Argentina, they pay everything in pesos, and have quite mediocre bonuses.

I do not recommend it at all.

Questions

When to use a relational vs. a non-relational database.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 22 interview experiences for the Mercado Libre Software Engineer role in Argentina.

Success Rate

45%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive68%
Neutral14%
Negative18%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Mercado Libre's Software Engineer interview process in Argentina.

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