Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Germany
Process
I applied on the company website. After the HR round, I had a phone interview, then started the on-site round.
The on-site included a coding interview. I proposed a solution and agreed with the interviewer on my approach, but I could not finish the implementation on time.
The second interview was a technical discussion with the engineering director, focusing on databases. This interview was interactive and ran 15 minutes longer than the scheduled one hour.
After finishing the on-site, the feedback was rejection. The reason given was that while I had a strong technical background, my answers were "more DevOps oriented." I am completely surprised. I believed a database professional with DevOps experience would be a positive asset, not a negative point.
I am disappointed by this feedback.
Questions
Database and distributed log processing questions, partitioning, and distributed systems general questions.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the MongoDB Senior Software Engineer role in Germany.
Success Rate
MongoDB's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Germany is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for MongoDB's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Germany.
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