Senior Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - India
Process
Applied through referral.
HR was prompt in scheduling the phone screening and in-house interviews.
Had a bad experience with half of the interviewers. They were unprepared and unclear. They were looking for someone with hands-on front-end technologies. Hence, no offer was given.
Questions
F2F Round 1: Given two arrays, find elements that are repeated and common in both arrays. Design the BookMyShow application.
F2F Round 2: Design an online Snake and Ladder game.
F2F Round 3: How to parse large files using multiple threads. Log data is stored in a database. Consider different queries to retrieve data. Given an alphanumeric string, how many different numbers can be formed?
F2F Round 4: Tell me about one of your recent projects and explain its architecture. Discuss different strategies for caching, etc. Design a payment system. How to find duplicate transactions?
F2F Round 5: Questions with a senior director. Topics include front-end related technologies.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the ServiceNow Senior Staff Software Engineer role in India.
Success Rate
ServiceNow's interview process for their Senior Staff Software Engineer roles in India is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for ServiceNow's Senior Staff Software Engineer interview process in India.
ServiceNow Work Experiences
- 5.0Great Learning, Hectic OnboardingSenior Staff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNovember 1, 2022Pros: Awesome culture in the company. Lots of learning opportunities. Employee first and customer first mindset.Cons: Sometimes hectic, especially for new joiners. All information is haphazardly arranged.
- 5.0Excellent company to work forSenior Staff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeKirkland, Washington, United StatesJanuary 19, 2022Pros: Exceptional compensation, friendly, helpful, and bright co-workers, interesting work with room for growth.Cons: If you aren't used to working at a large company, it does take some extra communication to get things done, but they have a lot of automated processes, like their onboarding process, that walks you through it.
- 5.0Friendly work environmentSenior Staff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSanta Clara, California, United StatesJuly 13, 2023Pros: People are helpful. There is a good balance of women and men. The technology is interesting and useful to our customer base. Squint just a little bit, and one can convince oneself that we are doing good for the world.Cons: Managers care primarily about pleasing their managers, which ends up causing excessive process overhead. Their goal is to deliver the minimum possible deliverable to minimize the risk of being penalized by their managers – aka, CYA.
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