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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

August 17, 2014
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was approached by one recruiter and asked to fill out a questionnaire and send my resume. The questions were all experience-based; nothing technical.

Then I was approached by another recruiter who wanted a phone interview a week later. The phone interview was fine, with all the normal questions:

  • What languages do you program in?
  • What is the most difficult bug you have tackled?
  • What do you like/dislike about your current job?
  • etc...

At the end of the phone interview, I was asked a series of technical questions that were moderately challenging. However, I missed one on threading and was asked another that I don't remember because I did not clearly understand it.

Despite my experience developing and maintaining enterprise applications, this was a problem for them. Roku is looking for a very particular type of engineer; your experience is not going to matter, only your ability to give book answers to language framework details and OOP concepts.

Questions

None were that difficult. I was just kicking myself for not studying more before the interview.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 41 interview experiences for the Roku Senior Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

41%
Pass Rate

Roku's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive46%
Neutral12%
Negative41%

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

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