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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

September 4, 2018
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Process

The interview process included an exercise using the Slack developer platform, followed by phone and onsite interviews. A final culture fit interview occurred after the onsite rounds.

Overall, there were approximately 7-8 rounds, excluding the recruiter screen. The interview process moved very quickly.

Questions

There was a detailed system design question, which spun off from my existing design. This was followed by coding questions and a detailed architecture diagram of an application built on the Slack platform.

There were also questions on engineering skills, including monitoring, logging, and DevOps.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 23 interview experiences for the Slack Senior Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

26%
Pass Rate

Slack's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive39%
Neutral13%
Negative48%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Slack's Senior Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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