Lead Database Engineer Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California
March 30, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Two phone screenings with different people.
Onsite interview: three interviews, each 40 minutes.
These interviews included coding questions, design questions, and past experience discussion.
Coding questions involved writing code on a whiteboard.
The second interview focused around system alerts and operations.
Questions
LRU Fibonacci Stack
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Target Lead Database Engineer role in Sunnyvale, California.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Target's interview process for their Lead Database Engineer roles in Sunnyvale, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Target's Lead Database Engineer interview process in Sunnyvale, California.
Target Work Experiences
3.0
Supportive Team, Long Hours
ETL • Current Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
September 22, 2025
Pros: Great community that supports your efforts with lots of resources.
Cons: Long hours (10+) and rotating weekends.
5.0
Supportive For New Grads
Software Development Engineer (SDE) • Former Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
May 22, 2024
Pros: Very, very supportive for new graduates.
Cons: None in my opinion. I had a good experience.
4.0
Bright Team, Legacy Systems
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
October 11, 2022
Pros: Some of the brightest coworkers I've ever had.
Interesting product and problems to work on.
Great tech stack at the time: Haskell, Rust, and Nix.
Cons: Limited engagement across teams.
A large enterprise environment could sometimes make HR tasks difficult.
Interfacing with lots of legacy systems.
Politics across different divisions can strongly impact what the team gets to work on.
- 3.0Supportive Team, Long HoursETL • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesSeptember 22, 2025Pros: Great community that supports your efforts with lots of resources.Cons: Long hours (10+) and rotating weekends.
- 5.0Supportive For New GradsSoftware Development Engineer (SDE) • Former EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesMay 22, 2024Pros: Very, very supportive for new graduates.Cons: None in my opinion. I had a good experience.
- 4.0Bright Team, Legacy SystemsSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesOctober 11, 2022Pros: Some of the brightest coworkers I've ever had. Interesting product and problems to work on. Great tech stack at the time: Haskell, Rust, and Nix.Cons: Limited engagement across teams. A large enterprise environment could sometimes make HR tasks difficult. Interfacing with lots of legacy systems. Politics across different divisions can strongly impact what the team gets to work on.
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