Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York

January 1, 2022

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was first reached out to by the recruiter.

We then had a 30-minute call after a quick schedule.

Scheduled for the hour-long telephonic screen.

Feedback in 2 days.

Questions

Basic S/W question for 10 minutes.
Implementation of the algorithm dealing with ranges.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Reddit Staff Software Engineer role in New York, New York.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

Reddit's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Reddit's Staff Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.

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