Software Engineer Interview Experience - Toronto, Canada
Process
Applied online and had a very brief chat with the internal recruiter (why pagerduty, pay, what makes you happy at work). Schedule a phone interview with the lead and a coding challenge. The team lead was mostly talking about the role and mostly asked have you done this and that... The coding challenge required picking any programming language and solving a problem (and make it work on a given data set). The problem was the same that was mentioned here in this forum - find a pair that adds up to a 100 - thanks Glassdoor!
Few days after local HR reached out and scheduled another round. This time I had to install Putty, connect to a remote Linux server and find out why a system is slow. The troubleshooting took a while and the interviewer seemed to be impatient and not very helpful. Next he asked me to connect to MySql, explore the DB schema and run a few sql queries (count rows that meet certain criteria, perform joins). Finally he asked me to start memcached as a daemon and to receive statistics from that process.
Questions
A user reported that the system is slow. Why?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the PagerDuty Software Engineer role in Toronto, Canada.
Success Rate
PagerDuty's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Toronto, Canada is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for PagerDuty's Software Engineer interview process in Toronto, Canada.
PagerDuty Work Experiences
- 5.0Caring culture, great learning experienceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, CanadaMay 7, 2020Pros: - Engineering managers who actually care about your career growth. Career ladder is clear and reasonable (at least at the earlier levels, that I can speak to)- Interesting and challenging work (may vary between teams)- More than just lip service (for the most part) when it comes to diversity and building a positive and open culture - Flexible work-from-home policy - Incredibly supportive policies, especially seen during COVID-19 crisisCons: - Company is still trying to develop strong messaging/product. We're the biggest in our space but there are others catching up so we need to be more agile - Can't speak to culture in other departments. I don't think we're as good as we could be about inter-departmental collaboration and communication - There are a few "strong personalities" in eng, despite the "no a--holes" rule. - Pay is reasonable, but not comparable to the big FAANG-type valley salaries
- 5.0Progressive, remote-friendly company that promotes growthSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, CanadaApril 7, 2022Pros: Nice work/life balance and great culture. I have been impressed with the way this company handled the pandemic - they added an "Employee health day" off every month as well as extra sick days. They offered a stipend to purchase work from home equipment and another monthly stipend to cover internet bills. The work is challenging and the people are pretty great.Cons: Re-orgs happen much too frequently and lead to confusion and loss of direction/purpose. The people responsible for re-orgs are likely being rewarded for the company's success for "shaking things up", but they don't seem to be held responsible for the attrition that they cause.
- 5.0Great company to work for 💯Software Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, CanadaOctober 20, 2019Pros: • Great people - Talented and hard-working team • Culture - Fun, social, diverse and inclusive • Compensation and benefits - free snacks & lunch, flexible hours, work from home, etc • Growth potential - lots of room to grow along with the company!Cons: If you're not used to being in a company this size (that is growing), it can be a little overwhelming at times.
