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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

February 1, 2022
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Process

Interviewed for two different positions at SN.

First time:

  • Screen with a recruiter
  • Technical interview
  • Followed by another round consisting of three back-to-back interviews:
    • An engineer from an external team for LeetCode-style questions
    • Hiring manager for a systems design interview
    • A staff engineer on the team for a behavioral/knowledge check

Second time:

  • Screen with a recruiter
  • Followed by an interview with the manager, more on goals/alignment
  • Then a technical interview with a panel of five engineers on the team.

Questions

3-Sum.

Design the schema for an e-commerce shopping cart.

Design a URL shortener.

Suppose you are the developer of a team-based competitive video game. Each player on a team has a skill rating point. How would you minimize the difference of skill rating points on each team?

Various SQL, Java, and JavaScript knowledge questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the ServiceNow Software Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

ServiceNow's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for ServiceNow's Software Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.

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