Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
June 1, 2015
Negative ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Three successive calls were made to go through a tech question on my laptop. The last call also included a half-hour conversation about projects I've worked on at school, focusing on group projects and how I dealt with problems in them.
Questions
A well-known stock maximizing algorithm.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Tableau Software Engineer (Internship) role in Seattle, Washington.
Success Rate
50%
Pass Rate
Tableau's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Seattle, Washington is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Tableau's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Seattle, Washington.
Tableau Work Experiences
4.0
Good Pay, Messy Merge
Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
December 13, 2020
Pros: Great benefits and pay
Friendly staff
Okay transparency
Cons: Typical large company overhead.
Things are a little messy given the merge with Salesforce.
5.0
Great Culture, Manager Woes
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
August 24, 2015
Pros: Great leadership, perks, and culture
Cons: Growing pains, which include cultural shifts from hiring mediocre mid-level managers from other technology companies. There is also an ivory tower issue with development.
4.0
Work-life balance without sacrificing the "work" part
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
May 23, 2019
Pros: Often people say "good work-life balance" when they mean: the work is easy and none of my coworkers are smarter than me.
Tableau is full of smart people & challenging projects without the fear that if you don't put in well over 40 hours a week, you're in trouble.
Cons: Writing software to work online and on-prem can be a pain.
- 4.0Good Pay, Messy MergeSoftware Engineer (Internship) • Current EmployeeVancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDecember 13, 2020Pros: Great benefits and pay Friendly staff Okay transparencyCons: Typical large company overhead. Things are a little messy given the merge with Salesforce.
- 5.0Great Culture, Manager WoesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 24, 2015Pros: Great leadership, perks, and cultureCons: Growing pains, which include cultural shifts from hiring mediocre mid-level managers from other technology companies. There is also an ivory tower issue with development.
- 4.0Work-life balance without sacrificing the "work" partStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesMay 23, 2019Pros: Often people say "good work-life balance" when they mean: the work is easy and none of my coworkers are smarter than me. Tableau is full of smart people & challenging projects without the fear that if you don't put in well over 40 hours a week, you're in trouble.Cons: Writing software to work online and on-prem can be a pain.
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