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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Remote, Oregon

June 1, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was first contacted by a recruiter from the company. They proposed me 3 different positions. The recruiter told me the position I preferred was a very exciting position where everything needed to be invented. Then she told me I had to apply on their website in order to continue the process. She also told me I would be contacted by another person. 10 days after I applied, they told me I would be contacted by this second recruiter. After a week without news, I contacted them again. They apologized because the person was on vacation and they transferred me to a 3rd person who asked me my availabilities for an interview with the hiring manager. After I sent this, a 4th person sent me an email to confirm my interview with the wrong date. I mentioned this on the mail. I've never had an answer from this person but finally got the interview with the date I mentioned. I had a 1-hour interview with a guy who did not ask me any technical questions. He explained to me that open source work is very messy and that it was normal that I could not run the project on my computer as it may have some issues with the documentation. After I showed him what I've worked on lately, he told me that there was another project I may be interested in but unfortunately with no more information. At the end of the interview, he told me I should not be frustrated or disappointed if I would not be selected for the next steps, as there was a lot of experienced people applying for this position. He informed me that he would share his report of the interview with the hiring staff and they would get back to me soon. It has been the worst recruitment process I have ever had. I have never seen such a lack of professionalism in the whole process! I have not received news from them yet, but it does not matter as I will decline it anyway.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Red Hat Senior Software Engineer role in Remote, Oregon.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

Red Hat's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Remote, Oregon is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Red Hat's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Remote, Oregon.

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