Process
It was a one-hour phone interview. My interview partner introduced himself, his position, and what he is doing at SAP. Then, he asked me to give a quick report about my experience with programming and the programs I completed, mainly my master's thesis. Subsequently, he asked me to implement a function in C++ that takes two arrays as input: one containing numbers and the other containing strings. The function should then calculate the average of numbers at positions 'i' where the set of 'i' was defined by a condition that the strings in the array had to fulfill.
Questions
What difference does it make if you store a variable on the heap or the stack? He wanted to hear that the stack is way faster. He also wanted to know what differences exist between C-style casts and static casts in C++.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 23 interview experiences for the SAP Software Developer role in Germany.
Success Rate
61%
Pass Rate
SAP's interview process for their Software Developer roles in Germany is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive65%
Neutral26%
Negative9%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for SAP's Software Developer interview process in Germany.
SAP Work Experiences
5.0
Good Balance, Slow Tech
Software Developer • Current Employee
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
August 15, 2024
Pros: Work-life balance.
Good opportunity.
Few office politics.
Cons: Slow adoption on new technology.
5.0
Mine
Software Developer • Current Employee
São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
June 9, 2020
Pros: Pays well for those who are hired.
Cons: The difficult implementation depends on the team.
4.0
Caring Layoff, Slow Projects
Software Developer • Former Employee
February 24, 2023
Pros: I was part of the North America layoffs for SAP. I don't feel all too bad, because I thought SAP was rather courteous about it. Given the recent news of other companies' layoffs, I got a message ahead of time, a month of sort-of not-really "employment" (to look for another role in the company, if possible), and general help with my sort-of not-really "unemployment".
I mention all this because SAP, and I, prided the company's "family" values. It did seem the company cared about the employees.
During the pandemic and after, there wasn't a point where my arm was twisted and I was forced to do so-and-so. My team and I worked at our own pace and took the breaks we needed for our mental health, and we worked better for it.
While I considered other opportunities in the past, this culture really stuck out to me and I felt this would have been rare in other companies. All the compensation in the world really doesn't touch upon this.
Cons: That being said, I was bitter over not being bitter. I had been re-assigned to a different project last year, and it was intolerably difficult to affect any change. There is a prevalent sense the company should be Agile, but no one with any influence was willing to criticize very slow, essentially Waterfall practices. My team and other teams were re-assigned, but we had little training and were given few tasks to do. It would take several months to actually get features—fairly small in anyone's definition—shipped. New projects would be planned, and talent would not be assigned. It was a huge waste of resources. Meanwhile, our competitors were soldiering ahead. In this environment, one inevitably thinks about their own career. This hurt because I like the company. I understand Rome wasn't built in a day. And, with Scrum, it's not about blaming anyone. But that's my honest opinion. My hope is that other domains in SAP take the actions to be and remain competitive.
- 5.0Good Balance, Slow TechSoftware Developer • Current EmployeeShanghai, Shanghai, ChinaAugust 15, 2024Pros: Work-life balance. Good opportunity. Few office politics.Cons: Slow adoption on new technology.
- 5.0MineSoftware Developer • Current EmployeeSão Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilJune 9, 2020Pros: Pays well for those who are hired.Cons: The difficult implementation depends on the team.
- 4.0Caring Layoff, Slow ProjectsSoftware Developer • Former EmployeeFebruary 24, 2023Pros: I was part of the North America layoffs for SAP. I don't feel all too bad, because I thought SAP was rather courteous about it. Given the recent news of other companies' layoffs, I got a message ahead of time, a month of sort-of not-really "employment" (to look for another role in the company, if possible), and general help with my sort-of not-really "unemployment". I mention all this because SAP, and I, prided the company's "family" values. It did seem the company cared about the employees. During the pandemic and after, there wasn't a point where my arm was twisted and I was forced to do so-and-so. My team and I worked at our own pace and took the breaks we needed for our mental health, and we worked better for it. While I considered other opportunities in the past, this culture really stuck out to me and I felt this would have been rare in other companies. All the compensation in the world really doesn't touch upon this.Cons: That being said, I was bitter over not being bitter. I had been re-assigned to a different project last year, and it was intolerably difficult to affect any change. There is a prevalent sense the company should be Agile, but no one with any influence was willing to criticize very slow, essentially Waterfall practices. My team and other teams were re-assigned, but we had little training and were given few tasks to do. It would take several months to actually get features—fairly small in anyone's definition—shipped. New projects would be planned, and talent would not be assigned. It was a huge waste of resources. Meanwhile, our competitors were soldiering ahead. In this environment, one inevitably thinks about their own career. This hurt because I like the company. I understand Rome wasn't built in a day. And, with Scrum, it's not about blaming anyone. But that's my honest opinion. My hope is that other domains in SAP take the actions to be and remain competitive.
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