Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
January 1, 2022
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Here's the interview process:
- HackerRank coding challenge (3 questions)
- Recruiter phone screen
- Virtual onsite interview (3 interviews)
Both the HackerRank and the virtual onsite included LeetCode mediums.
Questions
Snakes and Ladders Breadth-First Search Tree question Token limiting
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the Rippling Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
20%
Pass Rate
Rippling's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive60%
Neutral0%
Negative40%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Rippling's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Rippling Work Experiences
4.0
Smart People, Bad Benefits
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 10, 2025
Pros: Great and smart people to work with.
Cons: Bad health and food benefits
1.0
Ultra high pressure, zero work-life balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 3, 2021
Pros: The company is growing, so that's that.
Cons: No work-life balance.
Working 12-hour days while receiving high pressure.
The codebase is horrible. It's frustrating to add new features, it's frustrating to debug, and it's frustrating to deal with support tickets.
All requirements are top-down; there is no pushback.
There is no culture of saying no, and the codebase shows it.
If you want a life, avoid at all costs.
3.0
Decent Perks, High Stress
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
July 3, 2025
Pros: Nice PTO
Competent coworkers
Decent free food
Cons: Intense, stressful, easy to get fired. Focus on speed, not quality, but you still have to manage quality. Not much engineering learning since most infra stuff is abstracted away. Mostly biz logic if on a product team.
- 4.0Smart People, Bad BenefitsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 10, 2025Pros: Great and smart people to work with.Cons: Bad health and food benefits
- 1.0Ultra high pressure, zero work-life balanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 3, 2021Pros: The company is growing, so that's that.Cons: No work-life balance. Working 12-hour days while receiving high pressure. The codebase is horrible. It's frustrating to add new features, it's frustrating to debug, and it's frustrating to deal with support tickets. All requirements are top-down; there is no pushback. There is no culture of saying no, and the codebase shows it. If you want a life, avoid at all costs.
- 3.0Decent Perks, High StressSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 3, 2025Pros: Nice PTO Competent coworkers Decent free foodCons: Intense, stressful, easy to get fired. Focus on speed, not quality, but you still have to manage quality. Not much engineering learning since most infra stuff is abstracted away. Mostly biz logic if on a product team.
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