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Software Engineer Interview Experience

June 1, 2012
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a long phone interview with a top-level engineer at the company. I was asked a few direct technical questions and also given an interesting problem scenario to think through. I cleared that round and was given a take-home coding problem to finish in a 24-hour time window that I had chosen. The solution should be in C++.

I did not clear this round, as I believe my solution was not good enough. One tip is to first quickly implement a good solution, without worrying about how robust your code is. I spent way too much time trying to perfect not-so-important aspects in my solution.

Questions

General problem on heuristic search

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 42 interview experiences for the SoundHound Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

33%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive67%
Neutral12%
Negative21%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for SoundHound's Software Engineer interview process.

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