Process
This company claims they don’t ask LeetCode-style questions, which is a complete lie.
The first step was an HR call, which was always a waste of time. The second step involved two coding interviews.
The first question had a “trick” solution and a ton of edge cases. RIP if you used a few specific coding interview platforms.
The second interview was with someone with about one year of experience, who blew through a two-page problem description in thirty seconds. Communication was poor, in my opinion, which required me to clarify for half the interview.
Questions
Give super simple test cases. That’s all they care about.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 50 interview experiences for the Plaid Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
10%
Pass 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
Positive36%
Neutral14%
Negative50%
Candidates reported having negative feelings for Plaid's Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Plaid Work Experiences
5.0
Solid business, really friendly team
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, CA
October 10, 2017
Pros: - The company seems to really care about the sustainability of the company.
- Unlike a lot of other Silicon Valley startups, the company is keeping a close eye on revenue growth, costs, and long-term sustainability.
- It could be a pro or con depending on who you are, but the founders are extremely internally focused and very involved in the day-to-day.
- An experienced but really approachable engineering team.
- Engineering problems are really unique and challenging.
Cons: - Not very well known, probably due to the founders being mostly internally focused
- Fairly quiet and secretive externally
- People mispronounce our name all the time
5.0
👍
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, CA
July 20, 2020
Pros: - 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
1.0
Probably best avoid; business is hurting
Software Engineer • Current Employee
October 17, 2024
Pros: - The FinTech space is interesting.
- Colleagues are smart.
Cons: - The business has never really recovered to previous COVID heights, and valuation has been cut severely.
- Fast approaching need to raise more funding. And in the absence of revenue growth, leadership is cutting teams down to skeleton crews to boost short-term financials.
- Constant silent layoffs and no backfills that create a toxic environment around staffing.
- The new president operates as a very sr. program manager with no real product vision, and the CTO was never replaced.
- New 1033 legislation means the core business has a very uncertain future.
- 5.0Solid business, really friendly teamSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, CAOctober 10, 2017Pros: - The company seems to really care about the sustainability of the company. - Unlike a lot of other Silicon Valley startups, the company is keeping a close eye on revenue growth, costs, and long-term sustainability. - It could be a pro or con depending on who you are, but the founders are extremely internally focused and very involved in the day-to-day. - An experienced but really approachable engineering team. - Engineering problems are really unique and challenging.Cons: - Not very well known, probably due to the founders being mostly internally focused - Fairly quiet and secretive externally - People mispronounce our name all the time
- 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
- 1.0Probably best avoid; business is hurtingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeOctober 17, 2024Pros: - The FinTech space is interesting. - Colleagues are smart.Cons: - The business has never really recovered to previous COVID heights, and valuation has been cut severely. - Fast approaching need to raise more funding. And in the absence of revenue growth, leadership is cutting teams down to skeleton crews to boost short-term financials. - Constant silent layoffs and no backfills that create a toxic environment around staffing. - The new president operates as a very sr. program manager with no real product vision, and the CTO was never replaced. - New 1033 legislation means the core business has a very uncertain future.
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