Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
I applied through another source. The process took two weeks.
The interview experience with Sigma has been one of my best interview experiences. The team is very talented, extremely nice, and helpful. They made the process extremely stress-free. I got in touch through AngelList and had a 15-20 minute call with HR. They got back with a HackerRank test link, with more than enough time to complete the test.
Next was a phone screen with the CTO on CoderPad. He asked two questions and focused on code readability, quality, and correctness. Then they moved to the onsite, where I had three rounds with the CEO, CTO, and a founding engineer. All three were more of collaborative problem-solving and design sessions. I had another telephonic round focused on problem-solving after the onsite.
Questions
The questions ranged from graphs, parsing, and dynamic programming to distributed system design.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the Sigma Computing Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Sigma Computing's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Sigma Computing's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Sigma Computing Work Experiences
- 2.0Poor Engineering CultureSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, CAAugust 16, 2019Pros: Core product ideas - spreadsheet interface, integration with existing data in warehouse - are good. Code quality is not bad, good and up to date tech used. People are nice.Cons: Little scope for innovation. Brutal code review culture driven mostly by CTO. Top down with little autonomy or feedback. Feels stagnant, bureaucratic, unproductive.
- 2.0Full of internal PoliticsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, CAMarch 12, 2024Pros: It is a great product. It offers good pay and flexible working hours.Cons: Worst Management. No appreciations. Good things come to those who are talktive or close to senior people not to harding working employees.
- 5.0Fast growing startupSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMay 12, 2022Pros: Everyone is excited especially this last year so things have been pretty upbeat. There were lots of impactful projects and a lot of decisions to be made. I am excited for the future.Cons: We need more people to help build faster. 🚀
