Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - United States
Process
The interview process began with an initial phone call with the recruiter, followed by a HackerRank online assessment (OA).
The recruiter was friendly, and the conversation was casual.
The OA was very easy and took approximately 15 minutes to complete, well within the allotted hour.
Unfortunately, the recruiter dropped the ball. They went on PTO right after speaking with me and ignored my email for a couple of weeks.
When I finally received a response over two weeks later, all available positions had been filled.
Questions
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Tell me about yourself type question
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Two easy LeetCode type questions (relating to sorting, arrays, and hashmaps)
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 16 interview experiences for the Tableau Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.
Success Rate
Tableau's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tableau's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.
Tableau Work Experiences
- 4.0InternshipSoftware Engineer(Internship) • Former EmployeeSeattle, WANovember 11, 2025Pros: Nice location, nice class of interns. Good support from the team (you have a mentor, etc.)Cons: I joined during the merger with Salesforce so it was very chaotic.
- 4.0Reasonably DecentSoftware Engineer LMTS • Current EmployeeVancouver, BCOctober 21, 2025Pros: Legacy Tableau culture still around in the community, vestiges in the workplace. Still opportunity for growth in new areas of product. Salesforce isn't the worst parent company to work for. In-office culture is good.Cons: Tableau leadership can't figure out if they want to invest in current Tableau or some new Salesforce-native version of Tableau. Most teams aren't in-office, so in-office culture is not with your team, just people in the office (in Vancouver that is). Random layoffs sometimes to try and reduce operational costs mean long time people are let go, or long time people give up and go. Tableau has gone from an engineering-driven company to a sales-driven company. Yes sales pay the bills, but it's not like Tableau isn't making money.
- 2.0super politicalSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeApril 4, 2025Pros: gas works park is pretty coolCons: political racist managers all around
