Sandisk

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Bengaluru, India

November 1, 2016

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I attended one telephonic round, and after that, they invited me for a face-to-face round. The interviewer asked easy questions, and I answered all of them.

Some questions were very stupid, like "write a class diagram for the product I am currently working on," which is a server-side product with millions of lines of code.

After an hour of discussion, they made me wait for another hour and then asked me to leave. This was very unprofessional behavior from the interviewer. The interviewer also had little knowledge of other domains and thought his world was the real world.

Questions

How do you implement a singleton in Python?

Write a DFS algorithm for a tree.

How do you look for an element in a rotated sorted array?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Sandisk Senior Software Engineer role in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Success Rate

25%

Pass Rate

Sandisk's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Bengaluru, Karnataka is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral0%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Sandisk's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Sandisk Work Experiences

Not recommended

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: There is very little competition between staff.

Cons: Absolutely no work life balance. Work without any plans. Managers are very irresponsible people who don't think about their staff.

Not recommended

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: There is very little competition between staff.

Cons: Absolutely no work life balance. Work without any plans. Managers are very irresponsible people who don't think about their staff.

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, CA

Pros: Fast-paced working environment with high growing potential.

Cons: No free shuttle, no commuter benefit.

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, CA

Pros: Fast-paced working environment with high growing potential.

Cons: No free shuttle, no commuter benefit.

Epitome of Dilbert management

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

November 12, 2015

Pros: May (I must repeat MAY) get to work on cutting-edge technology for Memory/System Design and FW Eng, with nothing for the rest. Talented people.

Cons: Favoritism, lack of effective execution, lack of vision, mediocre middle management lacking motivation, and lack of talent-respect are top on the list, and one of the worst places to work for S/W engineers. Favoritism is another name for the SanDisk Culture, and more so, top management has a very different definition for it. A lot of other problems are because of it alone. Wrong people at the wrong places make it even worse day by day. Top management is happy making plans after plans, but falls short of execution and has new plans to start again. Hardly is there any root-cause analysis, and if there is any, there is no learning from it. Frequent shifting priority of projects, internal resistance over getting the priority for similar projects. No knowledge sharing platform. Too many bad acquisitions over the last few years, wasting big piles of cash. It survived till now just because it is in an ever-expanding storage market and because of a few amazing engineers who worked so hard over the years there. Middle management is mediocre, which is a praise. They lack the ability to bring the best out of engineers like enthusiasm and motivation, let alone innovation. Survival is all that is in their attitude, action, and words, which flows down throughout. Not much for talent retention, variable pay, and a lack of a plan for personal and professional growth. A lot of HR gimmicks, but falling short in serving the results. Too many layoffs in the last few years; being profitable and riding high displays most of the above. No work-life balance, as for some there is "too much work" and for others "too much life".

Epitome of Dilbert management

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

November 12, 2015

Pros: May (I must repeat MAY) get to work on cutting-edge technology for Memory/System Design and FW Eng, with nothing for the rest. Talented people.

Cons: Favoritism, lack of effective execution, lack of vision, mediocre middle management lacking motivation, and lack of talent-respect are top on the list, and one of the worst places to work for S/W engineers. Favoritism is another name for the SanDisk Culture, and more so, top management has a very different definition for it. A lot of other problems are because of it alone. Wrong people at the wrong places make it even worse day by day. Top management is happy making plans after plans, but falls short of execution and has new plans to start again. Hardly is there any root-cause analysis, and if there is any, there is no learning from it. Frequent shifting priority of projects, internal resistance over getting the priority for similar projects. No knowledge sharing platform. Too many bad acquisitions over the last few years, wasting big piles of cash. It survived till now just because it is in an ever-expanding storage market and because of a few amazing engineers who worked so hard over the years there. Middle management is mediocre, which is a praise. They lack the ability to bring the best out of engineers like enthusiasm and motivation, let alone innovation. Survival is all that is in their attitude, action, and words, which flows down throughout. Not much for talent retention, variable pay, and a lack of a plan for personal and professional growth. A lot of HR gimmicks, but falling short in serving the results. Too many layoffs in the last few years; being profitable and riding high displays most of the above. No work-life balance, as for some there is "too much work" and for others "too much life".

Not recommended

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: There is very little competition between staff.

Cons: Absolutely no work life balance. Work without any plans. Managers are very irresponsible people who don't think about their staff.

2.0
Not recommended
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seoul
March 12, 2016
Pros: There is very little competition between staff.
Cons: Absolutely no work life balance. Work without any plans. Managers are very irresponsible people who don't think about their staff.

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, CA

Pros: Fast-paced working environment with high growing potential.

Cons: No free shuttle, no commuter benefit.

3.0
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, CA
May 23, 2015
Pros: Fast-paced working environment with high growing potential.
Cons: No free shuttle, no commuter benefit.

Epitome of Dilbert management

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

November 12, 2015

Pros: May (I must repeat MAY) get to work on cutting-edge technology for Memory/System Design and FW Eng, with nothing for the rest. Talented people.

Cons: Favoritism, lack of effective execution, lack of vision, mediocre middle management lacking motivation, and lack of talent-respect are top on the list, and one of the worst places to work for S/W engineers. Favoritism is another name for the SanDisk Culture, and more so, top management has a very different definition for it. A lot of other problems are because of it alone. Wrong people at the wrong places make it even worse day by day. Top management is happy making plans after plans, but falls short of execution and has new plans to start again. Hardly is there any root-cause analysis, and if there is any, there is no learning from it. Frequent shifting priority of projects, internal resistance over getting the priority for similar projects. No knowledge sharing platform. Too many bad acquisitions over the last few years, wasting big piles of cash. It survived till now just because it is in an ever-expanding storage market and because of a few amazing engineers who worked so hard over the years there. Middle management is mediocre, which is a praise. They lack the ability to bring the best out of engineers like enthusiasm and motivation, let alone innovation. Survival is all that is in their attitude, action, and words, which flows down throughout. Not much for talent retention, variable pay, and a lack of a plan for personal and professional growth. A lot of HR gimmicks, but falling short in serving the results. Too many layoffs in the last few years; being profitable and riding high displays most of the above. No work-life balance, as for some there is "too much work" and for others "too much life".

1.0
Epitome of Dilbert management
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Bengaluru
November 12, 2015
Pros: May (I must repeat MAY) get to work on cutting-edge technology for Memory/System Design and FW Eng, with nothing for the rest. Talented people.
Cons: Favoritism, lack of effective execution, lack of vision, mediocre middle management lacking motivation, and lack of talent-respect are top on the list, and one of the worst places to work for S/W engineers. Favoritism is another name for the SanDisk Culture, and more so, top management has a very different definition for it. A lot of other problems are because of it alone. Wrong people at the wrong places make it even worse day by day. Top management is happy making plans after plans, but falls short of execution and has new plans to start again. Hardly is there any root-cause analysis, and if there is any, there is no learning from it. Frequent shifting priority of projects, internal resistance over getting the priority for similar projects. No knowledge sharing platform. Too many bad acquisitions over the last few years, wasting big piles of cash. It survived till now just because it is in an ever-expanding storage market and because of a few amazing engineers who worked so hard over the years there. Middle management is mediocre, which is a praise. They lack the ability to bring the best out of engineers like enthusiasm and motivation, let alone innovation. Survival is all that is in their attitude, action, and words, which flows down throughout. Not much for talent retention, variable pay, and a lack of a plan for personal and professional growth. A lot of HR gimmicks, but falling short in serving the results. Too many layoffs in the last few years; being profitable and riding high displays most of the above. No work-life balance, as for some there is "too much work" and for others "too much life".

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