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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

June 1, 2016
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Don't bother wasting your valuable time interviewing with this company.

Slack's interview process consists of a short (very uninformative) phone call and a coding challenge. Despite what the recruiter promises, they provide absolutely no feedback or guidance and do not respond to emails in a timely manner throughout the process. Slack uses the coding challenge as a time buffer for themselves, but it's really a waste of time.

The manager and infra engineer I spoke with over the phone seemed more interested in fixing bugs and "multi-tasking" during the call than taking the time to get to know the candidate. I was really turned off by their unprofessionalism and rude attitude.

After they finally replied to my email, I promptly replied and told them I was not interested in discussing the offer.

Questions

Phone call, followed by a take-home coding assignment.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the Slack Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

Slack's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%
Neutral0%
Negative67%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Slack's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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