Niantic

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

November 1, 2018

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied via link, and then got an email saying, "Congrats, we want to know you better." So, for the first step, take a programming contest using a link. I had 30 minutes to solve an easy question. I solved that, ran the code, and it was correct for all test cases. I submitted the code, but two days after my submission, I got the rejection email. For me, it was a good experience, since it was my very first experience applying for a software engineering internship role.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 16 interview experiences for the Niantic Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

38%

Pass Rate

Niantic's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive75%

Neutral25%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Niantic's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

Niantic Work Experiences

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Software Engineer • Former Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: Good benefits and friendly co-workers.

Cons: Very frequent and drastic restructuring

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: Good benefits and friendly co-workers.

Cons: Very frequent and drastic restructuring

World-class Augmented Reality on a global scale

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

November 6, 2018

Pros: Really smart people - lots of Stanford/MIT PhDs, world-class designers. Massive scale - 100 million+ players. Truly cutting-edge AR work. Benefits are fantastic.

Cons: Management needs to ensure all teams are informed of all changes. Still has a Google-like "beta" culture and launches features/games too early. Lots of money means politics matters sometimes.

World-class Augmented Reality on a global scale

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

November 6, 2018

Pros: Really smart people - lots of Stanford/MIT PhDs, world-class designers. Massive scale - 100 million+ players. Truly cutting-edge AR work. Benefits are fantastic.

Cons: Management needs to ensure all teams are informed of all changes. Still has a Google-like "beta" culture and launches features/games too early. Lots of money means politics matters sometimes.

Great place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

November 16, 2022

Pros: Colleagues are kind and smart; you can learn a lot. The salary is competitive with top tech companies.

Cons: Not sure about the future of the AR industry. Need an IPO; otherwise, your stock has no value.

Great place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

November 16, 2022

Pros: Colleagues are kind and smart; you can learn a lot. The salary is competitive with top tech companies.

Cons: Not sure about the future of the AR industry. Need an IPO; otherwise, your stock has no value.

NA

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: Good benefits and friendly co-workers.

Cons: Very frequent and drastic restructuring

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Software Engineer • Former Employee
Bellevue, Washington, United States
August 1, 2024
Pros: Good benefits and friendly co-workers.
Cons: Very frequent and drastic restructuring

World-class Augmented Reality on a global scale

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

November 6, 2018

Pros: Really smart people - lots of Stanford/MIT PhDs, world-class designers. Massive scale - 100 million+ players. Truly cutting-edge AR work. Benefits are fantastic.

Cons: Management needs to ensure all teams are informed of all changes. Still has a Google-like "beta" culture and launches features/games too early. Lots of money means politics matters sometimes.

4.0
World-class Augmented Reality on a global scale
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bellevue, Washington, United States
November 6, 2018
Pros: Really smart people - lots of Stanford/MIT PhDs, world-class designers. Massive scale - 100 million+ players. Truly cutting-edge AR work. Benefits are fantastic.
Cons: Management needs to ensure all teams are informed of all changes. Still has a Google-like "beta" culture and launches features/games too early. Lots of money means politics matters sometimes.

Great place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

November 16, 2022

Pros: Colleagues are kind and smart; you can learn a lot. The salary is competitive with top tech companies.

Cons: Not sure about the future of the AR industry. Need an IPO; otherwise, your stock has no value.

4.0
Great place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
November 16, 2022
Pros: Colleagues are kind and smart; you can learn a lot. The salary is competitive with top tech companies.
Cons: Not sure about the future of the AR industry. Need an IPO; otherwise, your stock has no value.

Niantic Interview Questions

Brace Expansion

You're given a string containing braced groups of comma-separated options. Expand the string to generate all possible combinations by selecting one option from each group.

RecursionStrings

String to Integer (atoi)

Convert a string into a 32-bit signed integer. Handle leading whitespace, signs, invalid input, and integer overflow according to the rules of the atoi function.

Find the Duplicate Number

Given an array of numbers where one number appears more than once, find the duplicate number. You should do this without modifying the original array and using only constant extra space.

ArraysTwo Pointers

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