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Software Engineer Interview Experience

November 1, 2019
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Process

  1. Career Fair

  2. Technical Interview with a software engineer. It was challenging.

  3. Flown out to Seattle. All payments were reimbursed.

  • Interview with an experienced SWE. He gave me sample code and asked me to debug it and explain what I would improve about it. This included debugging test cases. I got to choose my language (Python). They were looking for everything from syntax and coding etiquette (e.g., use underscores in Python) to how I approached debugging. This was followed by a coding question (LeetCode Easy).
  • Lunch "interview." Two Redfin SWEs (a little bit older than me) took me out to a really good Italian restaurant. It was a lot of fun and included many behavioral questions.
  • Tech interview: explain a project you've worked on in-depth. They were looking for challenges you faced, how you approached those challenges, how you approached the development of your application, how passionate you are about the application, user testing, etc.
  • Right after the previous interview, with no break, there was an immediate coding interview with behavioral questions. They asked a pretty difficult LeetCode Medium.

The reason I rejected the offer was because the position was for Frisco, TX. After visiting the Seattle office, I realized I really wanted to work there (not Frisco), but they had no more openings available.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 53 interview experiences for the Redfin Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

11%
Pass Rate

Redfin's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive55%
Neutral17%
Negative28%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Redfin's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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