Plaid

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

January 1, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process was straightforward.

First, there was a recruiter call.

Then, you met with some engineers for a system design interview.

There was also a coding problem interview with engineers.

Questions

Implement k-means algorithm from scratch.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the Plaid Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

33%

Pass Rate

Plaid's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive67%

Neutral8%

Negative25%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Plaid's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

Plaid Interview Questions

K Closest Points to Origin

Medium

Find the k points closest to the origin (0, 0) from a given list of points on a 2D plane. The distance is measured using the Euclidean distance.

Arrays

Number of Islands

Medium

Given a grid representing land and water, count the number of distinct islands. An island is formed by connected land cells.

ArraysGraphsRecursion