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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

August 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The first step was to talk with the recruiter. The second step was a phone screen with two engineers; they asked me data structures and algorithms problems, LeetCode-style. After that, you get an onsite interview. My experience was not great: I had to work on a front-end project alone for more than two hours (I don't know the point of having an onsite; you could work on that project remotely). There were some technical difficulties setting up the machine, and when I asked the two interviewers about the problems I was having, one of them was super rude (I think he was having a bad day). Well, I spent most of the time setting up the project instead of working on it. The last session was to present what I had done to the team; one guy was in another office. He was rude and told us he didn't have time for this because he had another meeting. I couldn't present a lot of the features because I didn't have time to finish it. Then, they gave the recruiters feedback. The recruiters were 'trying' to get me a video interview so I could finish the project, but instead, they decided to reject me and move on.

Questions

Algorithms project

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Niantic Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

Niantic's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral17%
Negative33%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Niantic's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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