Process
I applied online. The process took 5 days.
Received a verbal offer but was told to give them 2-3 weeks to get back to me. It is now months later, so as far as I'm concerned, the company just ghosted me entirely. I am not the only person I've heard this happen to. The interview process had a basic DSA round followed by another DSA round, a leadership round, and a systems design round. The final 3 interviews were in a single loop.
- DSA questions were LeetCode easy/medium level. Nothing too taxing.
- Leadership interview was standard questions such as projects I'd worked on, size of the team, etc.
- System design interview was designing a notification system. The interviewer stayed very silent during this interview.
Questions
DSA questions were LeetCode easy/medium level. Nothing too taxing. The leadership interview featured standard questions such as projects I'd worked on and the size of the team. The system design interview was designing a notification system. The interviewer stayed very silent during this interview.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 34 interview experiences for the Squarespace Senior Software Engineer role.
Success Rate
Squarespace's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
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Candidates reported having good feelings for Squarespace's Senior Software Engineer interview process.
Squarespace Work Experiences
- 4.0Senior Software EngineerSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, NYSeptember 29, 2024Pros: The people are amazing to work with.Cons: Not a lot of difficult problems to solve.
- 3.0Used to be great, now just OK.Senior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, NYMarch 31, 2024Pros: - Profitable, stable, public company - Equity that is worth cash and not monopoly money - Lots of unsolved problems and room for impact, unlike FAANG, where not all problems have been solved!Cons: - Leadership from directors up to the C-Suite. At the lower levels are newer leaders who are more focused on building armies than solving problems. At the higher levels, just dispassionate and tired. - Technical debt. This is a 10+ year old codebase that has gone through multiple major framework changes, monolith to microservices, etc. It is showing its age and is hard to move fast with. - Politics. The company can feel very siloed and lacking collaboration across teams and orgs than most of this size.
- 5.0Best company so farSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, NYMarch 2, 2024Pros: Interesting projects Self-driven. Freedom to work on what you want Good benefits Free lunch and snacksCons: Pros depend on what team you are on. Most teams work very slowly and don't develop anything new. Most people who don't want to improve existing infrastructure
