Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
I had three interview sessions, with a lunch break between the second and third session. Everyone was very friendly, and after every interview, I had ten minutes of chatting where I could ask for details related to the company, its work, and its working environment.
The first interview was a technical interview in the language of my choice. The other two were mainly algorithmic, with the implementation of our resulting algorithm at the end.
In general, every interviewer was very helpful, and I was also allowed to consult online documentation.
Questions
You will be given a laptop with an existing codebase and will be asked to debug this codebase to serve your task needs.
I did not have enough time to finish all the requirements.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Quora Software Engineer (Internship) role in Mountain View, California.
Success Rate
Quora's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Mountain View, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Quora's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Mountain View, California.
Quora Work Experiences
- 5.0Good for new gradsMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 12, 2022Pros: Smart peers, interesting work, good work-life balance.Cons: No clear direction, too much focus on metrics.
- 4.0Great Team, Terrible LeaderSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJanuary 26, 2024Pros: Great team culture and a nice person.Cons: Horrible leader and massive company decision.
- 5.0Smart colleagues, fast user growth, great career growthSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesFebruary 26, 2016Pros: - Everyone here is competent and teaches me a ton. - Very meaningful equity package, so if the company does well, so do I. - Thoughtful, pragmatic leadership that actively solicits and listens to feedback. - Rapid iteration speed and continuous deployment. - Super comfortable office space and good food. - My manager gives me a lot of input as far as which projects I want to work on. - I've been given a lot of ownership of projects. Just a year and a half after starting, I've already been given a lot of autonomy and the opportunity to lead projects. - Growth is consistently great, and we're on our way to being a profitable company once we start running ads. - Management is supportive of work/life balance. I've never been pressured to work more than 40-hour weeks.Cons: - No 401k matching yet. In Quora's defense, virtually no pre-revenue companies do this.
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