Pure Storage

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

February 28, 2020

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Took a HackerRank challenge with MCQs and 2 questions. MCQs are difficult to solve, and the 2 coding questions are about a lock system and a points system. Answers can be found on LeetCode.

Questions

Lock system

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 48 interview experiences for the Pure Storage Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

19%

Pass Rate

Pure Storage's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive48%

Neutral40%

Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Pure Storage's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

Pure Storage Work Experiences

An amazing place to kickstart your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Prague, Czech Republic

Pros: - Lots of growth, interesting technical problems. - If you have a good idea, management and engineers are interested in making it happen. - Really smart senior engineers. - Lots of autonomy to do what's best for the product and company. - Great work-life balance. The market is booming, and we have the best product. We are constantly improving processes, and I can really see the change in the speed of deploying our software.

Cons: Tech debt; some products have been neglected, and it is rough to fix them. The Prague site is growing really fast, and there is sometimes a lack of leadership. If you are willing to step in, you will be rewarded, though.

An amazing place to kickstart your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Prague, Czech Republic

Pros: - Lots of growth, interesting technical problems. - If you have a good idea, management and engineers are interested in making it happen. - Really smart senior engineers. - Lots of autonomy to do what's best for the product and company. - Great work-life balance. The market is booming, and we have the best product. We are constantly improving processes, and I can really see the change in the speed of deploying our software.

Cons: Tech debt; some products have been neglected, and it is rough to fix them. The Prague site is growing really fast, and there is sometimes a lack of leadership. If you are willing to step in, you will be rewarded, though.

Overall, a great place to work

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great talent, good work, very seasoned leadership, employee friendly, good work-life balance.

Cons: Base salary needs market adjustment.

Overall, a great place to work

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great talent, good work, very seasoned leadership, employee friendly, good work-life balance.

Cons: Base salary needs market adjustment.

Great teammates and manageable workloads, but layoffs loom

Software Engineer (MTS) • Former Employee

Santa Clara, CA

Pros: There were excellent teammates, manageable workloads, and a good WLB.

Cons: Offshoring to Prague and India, 5 days in person, layoffs.

Great teammates and manageable workloads, but layoffs loom

Software Engineer (MTS) • Former Employee

Santa Clara, CA

Pros: There were excellent teammates, manageable workloads, and a good WLB.

Cons: Offshoring to Prague and India, 5 days in person, layoffs.

An amazing place to kickstart your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Prague, Czech Republic

Pros: - Lots of growth, interesting technical problems. - If you have a good idea, management and engineers are interested in making it happen. - Really smart senior engineers. - Lots of autonomy to do what's best for the product and company. - Great work-life balance. The market is booming, and we have the best product. We are constantly improving processes, and I can really see the change in the speed of deploying our software.

Cons: Tech debt; some products have been neglected, and it is rough to fix them. The Prague site is growing really fast, and there is sometimes a lack of leadership. If you are willing to step in, you will be rewarded, though.

5.0
An amazing place to kickstart your career
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Prague, Czech Republic
April 1, 2022
Pros: - Lots of growth, interesting technical problems. - If you have a good idea, management and engineers are interested in making it happen. - Really smart senior engineers. - Lots of autonomy to do what's best for the product and company. - Great work-life balance. The market is booming, and we have the best product. We are constantly improving processes, and I can really see the change in the speed of deploying our software.
Cons: Tech debt; some products have been neglected, and it is rough to fix them. The Prague site is growing really fast, and there is sometimes a lack of leadership. If you are willing to step in, you will be rewarded, though.

Overall, a great place to work

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great talent, good work, very seasoned leadership, employee friendly, good work-life balance.

Cons: Base salary needs market adjustment.

4.0
Overall, a great place to work
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
March 26, 2022
Pros: Great talent, good work, very seasoned leadership, employee friendly, good work-life balance.
Cons: Base salary needs market adjustment.

Great teammates and manageable workloads, but layoffs loom

Software Engineer (MTS) • Former Employee

Santa Clara, CA

Pros: There were excellent teammates, manageable workloads, and a good WLB.

Cons: Offshoring to Prague and India, 5 days in person, layoffs.

4.0
Great teammates and manageable workloads, but layoffs loom
Software Engineer (MTS) • Former Employee
Santa Clara, CA
May 14, 2026
Pros: There were excellent teammates, manageable workloads, and a good WLB.
Cons: Offshoring to Prague and India, 5 days in person, layoffs.

Pure Storage Interview Questions

Valid Square

Determine if four given points in a 2D plane form a valid square. A valid square has four equal sides and four right angles.

ArraysGreedy Algorithms

Palindromic Substrings

Find the number of palindromic substrings within a given string. Consider each single character and repeated characters as a substring.

StringsDynamic Programming

Design Skiplist

Implement a Skiplist data structure that supports efficient search, insertion, and deletion of elements. A Skiplist is a probabilistic data structure with multiple levels of linked lists.

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