Engineering Manager Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
November 8, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I had a 30-minute recruiter screen and a 60-minute HM interview, which was all behavioral questions. I did not make it past the HM interview. I got a default rejection email with no feedback.
Questions
Tell me about a low performer.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Patreon Engineering Manager role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Patreon's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive25%
Neutral25%
Negative50%
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Patreon's Engineering Manager interview process in San Francisco, California.
Patreon Work Experiences
1.0
Not Great Anymore - don't be fooled
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
San Francisco, CA
July 28, 2020
Pros: HAD a great culture & employees with tons of passion for the mission
Great mission
Charismatic CEO & a strong performance/presentation culture
Cons: They still use old employee photos and culture artifacts to lure new employees to a culture that is long gone
Ongoing deferral of critical technical work in favor of short-term product features
Repeated layoffs of highly trusted employees due to rash decision making and politics
Rotating leadership with ever-diminishing empathy & increasing politics over time
2.0
Chaos from the top
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
San Francisco, CA
July 2, 2020
Pros: Great product, interesting work, valuable mission
Cons: The CEO has a deep mistrust of engineering and does not feel that they work hard enough no matter how many features you ship or bugs you fix. If you are not visible in the office you might as well not be working. Senior leadership is inexperienced and overreacts to trivial problems.
4.0
I worked on subscription billing project
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, CA
April 10, 2025
Pros: It was great experience at patreon
Cons: Everything was good enough nothing like cons out there
- 1.0Not Great Anymore - don't be fooledEngineering Manager • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, CAJuly 28, 2020Pros: HAD a great culture & employees with tons of passion for the mission Great mission Charismatic CEO & a strong performance/presentation cultureCons: They still use old employee photos and culture artifacts to lure new employees to a culture that is long gone Ongoing deferral of critical technical work in favor of short-term product features Repeated layoffs of highly trusted employees due to rash decision making and politics Rotating leadership with ever-diminishing empathy & increasing politics over time
- 2.0Chaos from the topEngineering Manager • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, CAJuly 2, 2020Pros: Great product, interesting work, valuable missionCons: The CEO has a deep mistrust of engineering and does not feel that they work hard enough no matter how many features you ship or bugs you fix. If you are not visible in the office you might as well not be working. Senior leadership is inexperienced and overreacts to trivial problems.
- 4.0I worked on subscription billing projectSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, CAApril 10, 2025Pros: It was great experience at patreonCons: Everything was good enough nothing like cons out there
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