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Software Engineer, Intern Interview Experience - Toronto, Canada

October 1, 2019

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Process

I was given around a week to build a small food/recipe app, this was in the same email that followed an interview confirmation with them. During the interview which was about an hour long, I demoed what I built and they further gave instructions of new features they wanted me to add on the spot.

It was pretty straightforward. There were 2 interviewers in the room, I had time for a little intro at the beginning and maybe 5 minutes for questions at the end.

Questions

Build a food app where you can add dishes with corresponding ingredients, remove dishes, and check if a dish already exists.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the PagerDuty Software Engineer, Intern role in Toronto, Canada.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

PagerDuty's interview process for their Software Engineer, Intern roles in Toronto, Canada is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for PagerDuty's Software Engineer, Intern interview process in Toronto, Canada.

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