Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California
Process
I interviewed for the Senior Software Engineer position on the Vulnerability Response team. The recruiter was awesome. He gave me all the information about the position.
The first call was with the recruiter. The second was a video and technical screen share with the manager and architect.
The manager asked me to give an introduction, talk about my resume, discuss a technical difficulty I faced, and answer questions about REST APIs, specifically the difference between PUT and POST.
The architect was really rude to me. She asked a design question which she didn’t explain properly. When I asked her to clarify it, she just repeated the same thing and was silent the whole time I was solving it. After that, when I asked her my questions, she was giving just one-line replies. It felt like she wasn’t in the mood for the interview. A complete waste of time.
Questions
Difference between PUT vs POST
REST API questions
SOLID principles
Find overlap between two contracts given start and end time of the contract
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Interview Statistics
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ServiceNow's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in San Diego, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
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ServiceNow Work Experiences
- 4.0I'm on a great teamSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesMarch 30, 2021Pros: Great team, fun projects, lots of learning, work-life balance.Cons: Not sure if there is any.
- 5.0Great culture and peopleSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesAugust 29, 2024Pros: People, benefits, pay, work-life balance.Cons: Stressful deadlines, last-minute changes.
- 4.0Great People, Outdated TechSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesSeptember 13, 2025Pros: The company is a stable and prominent global player with a highly popular product, which provides a sense of security. There haven't been any layoffs in the engineering organizations for a long time, which is a huge plus. The technical challenges are genuinely interesting, and I've had the opportunity to work on some complex problems. The best part, however, is the people. My coworkers are some of the smartest and most hardworking engineers I've ever collaborated with.Cons: The tech stack is outdated and heavily proprietary, which means the skills you gain aren't easily transferable to other jobs. The code and architecture are extremely complex and convoluted, making it a painful and slow process to fix bugs and build new features. This leads to a lot of defects and impacts development speed. We operate on a long waterfall release cycle, and the company as a whole lacks agility due to its size. Teams often work in silos. Upward mobility can be a real challenge; it seems to be more about politics and appearances than technical merit.
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