OpenTable

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

April 1, 2016

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Standard recruiter phone screen, then onsite. As with most tech interviews, rigorous whiteboarding preparation will serve you well.

There were a few coding sessions, an architectural session, and two top-level soft skills sessions.

My whole experience with OpenTable was excellent. The team is very approachable and interesting to talk to, there's lots of autonomy on the projects, a great location, and a robust product and product vision. I ended up declining the offer due to unrelated factors, but it was a tough decision.

Questions

I signed an NDA.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the OpenTable Senior Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

OpenTable's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive43%

Neutral14%

Negative43%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for OpenTable's Senior Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

OpenTable Work Experiences

Not the same great company to work anymore

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great culture (that used to be); and a good physical location.

Cons: OpenTable's values have diminished a lot recently. New leadership has no clue on what they are doing, how to improve business value and return on investment. They were building the apps and services with no proper outlook. No new project is attractive. They won't bother to keep the great talent, and employees lost credibility in the management. Benefits were getting worse year by year. Compensation structure and plans were not attractive or competitive anymore.

Not the same great company to work anymore

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great culture (that used to be); and a good physical location.

Cons: OpenTable's values have diminished a lot recently. New leadership has no clue on what they are doing, how to improve business value and return on investment. They were building the apps and services with no proper outlook. No new project is attractive. They won't bother to keep the great talent, and employees lost credibility in the management. Benefits were getting worse year by year. Compensation structure and plans were not attractive or competitive anymore.

Great company to learn from smart engineers and work on very cutting edge tech

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, CA

December 8, 2016

Pros: Very open to adopting new tech. No issues with politics. Not clique-ish. Smart engineers everywhere. Well paying for Los Angeles. Great office.

Cons: A lot of legacy tech still exists which needs to be maintained. Management doesn't look to internal talent for offering career advancement and promoting people to management; instead, they look for outside hires.

Great company to learn from smart engineers and work on very cutting edge tech

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, CA

December 8, 2016

Pros: Very open to adopting new tech. No issues with politics. Not clique-ish. Smart engineers everywhere. Well paying for Los Angeles. Great office.

Cons: A lot of legacy tech still exists which needs to be maintained. Management doesn't look to internal talent for offering career advancement and promoting people to management; instead, they look for outside hires.

Great place to work, but there's always room for improvement

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

South San Francisco, CA

Pros: Culture is great, especially with regard to support from managers and collaboration. People are there to help each other. No workplace is perfect, but it is overall a healthy culture with a lot of value placed in work-life balance. There are a lot of big challenges, both technical and otherwise, and some big impacts to be made. Even relatively junior contributors can make a significant difference to the product if they seek the opportunities. Both consumer and enterprise products offer a lot of different challenges to work on.

Cons: Big organizations can move slowly sometimes, and OpenTable is no exception, although this has been getting better with fluid teams. Better coordination between product, design, and engineering is needed in some areas.

Great place to work, but there's always room for improvement

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

South San Francisco, CA

Pros: Culture is great, especially with regard to support from managers and collaboration. People are there to help each other. No workplace is perfect, but it is overall a healthy culture with a lot of value placed in work-life balance. There are a lot of big challenges, both technical and otherwise, and some big impacts to be made. Even relatively junior contributors can make a significant difference to the product if they seek the opportunities. Both consumer and enterprise products offer a lot of different challenges to work on.

Cons: Big organizations can move slowly sometimes, and OpenTable is no exception, although this has been getting better with fluid teams. Better coordination between product, design, and engineering is needed in some areas.

Not the same great company to work anymore

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great culture (that used to be); and a good physical location.

Cons: OpenTable's values have diminished a lot recently. New leadership has no clue on what they are doing, how to improve business value and return on investment. They were building the apps and services with no proper outlook. No new project is attractive. They won't bother to keep the great talent, and employees lost credibility in the management. Benefits were getting worse year by year. Compensation structure and plans were not attractive or competitive anymore.

1.0
Not the same great company to work anymore
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
July 19, 2018
Pros: Great culture (that used to be); and a good physical location.
Cons: OpenTable's values have diminished a lot recently. New leadership has no clue on what they are doing, how to improve business value and return on investment. They were building the apps and services with no proper outlook. No new project is attractive. They won't bother to keep the great talent, and employees lost credibility in the management. Benefits were getting worse year by year. Compensation structure and plans were not attractive or competitive anymore.

Great company to learn from smart engineers and work on very cutting edge tech

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Los Angeles, CA

December 8, 2016

Pros: Very open to adopting new tech. No issues with politics. Not clique-ish. Smart engineers everywhere. Well paying for Los Angeles. Great office.

Cons: A lot of legacy tech still exists which needs to be maintained. Management doesn't look to internal talent for offering career advancement and promoting people to management; instead, they look for outside hires.

4.0
Great company to learn from smart engineers and work on very cutting edge tech
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Los Angeles, CA
December 8, 2016
Pros: Very open to adopting new tech. No issues with politics. Not clique-ish. Smart engineers everywhere. Well paying for Los Angeles. Great office.
Cons: A lot of legacy tech still exists which needs to be maintained. Management doesn't look to internal talent for offering career advancement and promoting people to management; instead, they look for outside hires.

Great place to work, but there's always room for improvement

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

South San Francisco, CA

Pros: Culture is great, especially with regard to support from managers and collaboration. People are there to help each other. No workplace is perfect, but it is overall a healthy culture with a lot of value placed in work-life balance. There are a lot of big challenges, both technical and otherwise, and some big impacts to be made. Even relatively junior contributors can make a significant difference to the product if they seek the opportunities. Both consumer and enterprise products offer a lot of different challenges to work on.

Cons: Big organizations can move slowly sometimes, and OpenTable is no exception, although this has been getting better with fluid teams. Better coordination between product, design, and engineering is needed in some areas.

5.0
Great place to work, but there's always room for improvement
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
South San Francisco, CA
April 18, 2018
Pros: Culture is great, especially with regard to support from managers and collaboration. People are there to help each other. No workplace is perfect, but it is overall a healthy culture with a lot of value placed in work-life balance. There are a lot of big challenges, both technical and otherwise, and some big impacts to be made. Even relatively junior contributors can make a significant difference to the product if they seek the opportunities. Both consumer and enterprise products offer a lot of different challenges to work on.
Cons: Big organizations can move slowly sometimes, and OpenTable is no exception, although this has been getting better with fluid teams. Better coordination between product, design, and engineering is needed in some areas.

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