Software Engineer Core Server Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
Process
One phone screen, a few coding questions for homework, and an in-house interview. The technical questions lasted four hours. The engineers seemed very happy to be there. Yes, it has gone public, but it's clearly in the sweet phase of a software company with rapid growth, happy customers, etc.
The only negative part of the experience was receiving a rejection via voicemail from the recruiter. It would have been nice to hear in person after the time and preparation investment. She didn't respond after leaving the voicemail.
Questions
Given a fleet of computers, write software such that each computer prints the sum of every computer's unique value.
Given the following API:
receive(int computer#)send(int val, int computer#)int getMyValue()int getNumberOfComputers()
All calls are blocking.
Given a BST of floats, find the highest number just below a given float value.
Elevator OO design and code.
Multi-threaded class which throws an exception when the number of concurrent executors exceeds 10.
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Tableau's interview process for their Software Engineer Core Server roles in Seattle, Washington is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Tableau Work Experiences
- 5.0Great place for internsSoftware Engineer(Internship) • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesDecember 4, 2018Pros: I had a great experience interning at Tableau. The work was interesting, the people were all very smart and kind, the pay and benefits were awesome, and the company really treated interns well and arranged all kinds of fun events throughout the summer.Cons: No cons I can think of.
- 5.0Good Balance, Little GrowthLMTS, Software Engineering • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 23, 2022Pros: Good benefits, good work-life balance.Cons: Not much career growth, not much vision.
- 4.0Definitely no longer a startupSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 26, 2014Pros: Work-life balance is fantastic and hours are flexible. Benefits are good, but not outstanding. The product itself is peerless and the development team is full of incredibly smart, helpful people who are a pleasure to work with.Cons: The company is going through all sorts of growing pains. The intimate startup feel is gone, and upper management doesn't seem to care about individual employees. Internal promotions are paid way less than outside hires. 401(k) matching is kind of pathetic.
