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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland

September 1, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process is involved and has many steps, but it's not too long. They can set things up in consecutive days if you're able to attend. It's even possible to do many interviews in the same day. The whole process took 1 month, but could have been faster if I had the time.

The steps:

  • Phone screen with a recruiter
  • Leetcode-style (easy) DSA interview with an engineer.

If successful, the real fun begins. There are 4 more interviews that, as stated, can happen in the same day or consecutive days.

  • Code analysis interview. They simulate a code review scenario with a very poorly written piece of code, and it's your job to point out the errors and suggest corrections/improvements.
  • Leetcode-style DSA Interview. Similar to the previous one, but harder. If the previous one was Leetcode easy, this one is a medium. Brush up on your basic data structures and be ready to talk about run-time complexity and so on.
  • System Design interview. Design a large-scale application with its APIs, backend components, the database schema, etc. You should know about how to scale it to many users, etc.
  • Behavioral interview. The standard kind where they ask questions in the form of "Tell me about a time when..." and you should answer with the STAR format. Usually, it's a hiring manager who conducts this one.

The process was overall very good. People are respectful and nice, and after each interview, feedback comes fast.

Questions

  1. Correct this piece of code.
  2. Implement a "notification system".
  3. Design an application that can do x, y, z.
  4. Tell me about a time when...

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Interview Statistics

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Squarespace's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Dublin, County Dublin is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Squarespace's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Dublin, County Dublin.

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