Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

April 3, 2024

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Filled out the form on the careers page.

An interviewer reached out, and I completed an initial phone screen, followed by a technical phone screen. Subsequently, I participated in a virtual onsite with four interviews, mostly covering standard algorithms questions.

Did not receive an offer.

Questions

Standard algorithm questions and 1 system design.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 43 interview experiences for the Reddit Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

23%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive44%

Neutral14%

Negative42%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Reddit's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

Reddit Interview Questions

Word Ladder

Hard

Transform one word into another, one letter at a time, using only words from a given dictionary. Find the shortest sequence of words to reach the target.

ArraysGraphs

Number of Ways to Buy Pens and Pencils

Medium

You're given a budget and prices for pens and pencils. Determine how many different combinations of buying pens and pencils you can afford within your budget.

Greedy Algorithms

LRU Cache

Medium

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

Linked ListsHash TableDesign