Process
Met with a technical recruiter, then had a technical round with two technical questions. Not exactly LeetCode style, but definitely wouldn't hurt to practice algorithmic concepts.
The technical recruiter was awesome – friendly, helpful, and gave me a really positive impression of the company.
For the technical interview:
- The first interviewer was a few minutes late and seemed preoccupied, being much more terse and unfriendly than I expected.
- The second interviewer was really nice and engaging. I had a bit of trouble understanding the problem, but they were helpful and worked through it with me.
What threw me the most was how much Plaid seems to champion diversity and brand themselves as a certain kind of company, but everyone I met with (as a diverse candidate with a non-traditional background) was a male who went to an Ivy League school. This left a bad taste in my mouth, on top of the experience with the first interviewer.
Questions
Why do you want to work at Plaid?
Was this helpful?
Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 50 interview experiences for the Plaid Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
Plaid's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having negative feelings for Plaid's Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Plaid Work Experiences
- 4.0Great cultureSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, CAFebruary 27, 2024Pros: Great people and culture; supportive teamsCons: Opportunities for growth are limited.
- 4.0Great place to beSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMarch 29, 2023Pros: Comp Eng culture and work-life balanceCons: Low velocity EMs and PMs are busy with too much process.
- 5.0👍Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, CAJuly 20, 2020Pros: - Plaid cares a ton about employee happiness and company culture - Competitive comp - Extremely mission and principles driven company - Has a solid core product offering, but is still pushing out into new territory with new products and ideas all the time - 3x yearly company hackathon is amazing - Genuinely the smartest yet most humble engineering team that I have ever worked on.Cons: - Company has doubled in size in the last year, so there has been almost constant re-orging and mitosis of teams and groups, which is a little chaotic. - Doesn't invest enough into open sourcing great things that we have built internally. - Some systems have very high bus factors, and basically we always desperately need more engineers on everything :P
Plaid Interview Questions
