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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

June 1, 2018
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Online coding challenge, then onsite.

The onsite was short and easy (meaning the hiring bar for this company is very low!).

There were so many red flags throughout my interview process:

  • The interviewers looked sad and unhappy when talking about their experience.
  • The interview scheduling was absolutely stupid and terrible.
  • The HR behaved like a bunch of rude, aggressive car salesmen (!) and had no clue what they were doing.
  • The hiring manager attempted to convince me that the company, which is in the business of buying apartments, holding for some period of time, then reselling, has very little business risk (???).

Too many junior engineers in the company, so a new hire probably won't learn that much. They are also hiring like crazy (someone told me they doubled the size of the engineering team in the last 6 months), so I'm sure there will be even more junior engineers.

After the interview, I happened to meet someone who quit the company after four months. Welp.

Got the offer, but turned it down very fast afterwards!

P/S: The Glassdoor reviews of this company look pretty good at first glance, but filter for Software Engineer reviews and see what they say!

Questions

Some random coding questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 16 interview experiences for the Opendoor Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

19%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive44%
Neutral0%
Negative56%

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

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