Software Engineering Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
- Phone screen with university recruiter
- Coding challenge on Codility
- Technical discussion (phone) with engineer
I thought I did really well on the coding challenge, but received a boilerplate rejection on the next business day. I'm not sure why; they said there was no feedback. It's frustrating because, as college students, we're here to learn about our weaknesses and improve upon them. The interview process did exactly the opposite by not telling us anything.
Questions
Moderately difficult, unique coding problems, solved using hashmaps and 2-D arrays.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Slack Software Engineering role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Slack's interview process for their Software Engineering roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Slack's Software Engineering interview process in San Francisco, California.
Slack Work Experiences
- 4.0Great place to workSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeAustin, TXAugust 7, 2025Pros: - Work life balance - Great team work - InnovationCons: - Many re-orgs that happened in the last 1 year
- 5.0Great place to work!Director of Engineering • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, CAMay 25, 2024Pros: Smart people and an awesome productCons: New ELT team that is now fully composed of Salesforce employees.
- 1.0Company cares more about DEI than actual qualitySenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSeptember 26, 2024Pros: If you don’t care, most employees and managers don’t care either. Since the merger, rest and vest is a way of life.Cons: If you are actually a qualified employee who values work ethic, steer clear. They promote DEI above everything else. If your colleague is part of that collect them all set, then their career is set even if their abilities are two levels below where their title says they should be. Females made up 25% of the engineering force, but 50% of promotions one year. If you were not DEI, they didn’t even consider you. Basically, if you are looking to work with the best and brightest people you ever will in your career… steer clear, and you will be sadly disappointed.
