SRE/DevOps Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
December 1, 2024
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The interview was not long enough to go over what they wanted to discuss and was very rushed. They asked me to respond to things included in the job description and how I would go about implementing those things.
Questions
k8s and multi-tenancy, general cluster administration, and deployment questions, mostly surrounding in-house apps.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the The New York Times SRE/DevOps Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
The New York Times's interview process for their SRE/DevOps Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for The New York Times's SRE/DevOps Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
The New York Times Work Experiences
5.0
Freedom to Learn, Build, and Contribute
IOS Engineer Intern • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
November 13, 2025
Pros: The people are genuinely kind and supportive.
The internship program is well-structured but gives you the freedom to explore and grow—it’s really what you make of it.
You get to work on real, impactful projects that ship to production, not just intern tasks.
Cons: You’re typically the only intern on your team, so you may not collaborate directly with other interns on your project. However, there is still a strong intern cohort and plenty of planned events to connect outside of your day-to-day work.
4.0
Good, but getting worse
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
October 24, 2025
Pros: Generally a friendly place to work.
People like what they do and are great to work with.
Cons: They are less and less interested in building great software and more and more interested in short-sighted, quick wins.
4.0
Good work-life balance. Difficult to grow career
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
October 12, 2025
Pros: People are very nice.
Projects can be challenging and interesting.
Work-life balance is great.
Cons: Moving up to senior or from senior to staff is extremely difficult. There has to be a "business need", not just merit. The technical bar could be higher, and pay isn't that competitive.
- 5.0Freedom to Learn, Build, and ContributeIOS Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesNovember 13, 2025Pros: The people are genuinely kind and supportive. The internship program is well-structured but gives you the freedom to explore and grow—it’s really what you make of it. You get to work on real, impactful projects that ship to production, not just intern tasks.Cons: You’re typically the only intern on your team, so you may not collaborate directly with other interns on your project. However, there is still a strong intern cohort and plenty of planned events to connect outside of your day-to-day work.
- 4.0Good, but getting worseStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesOctober 24, 2025Pros: Generally a friendly place to work. People like what they do and are great to work with.Cons: They are less and less interested in building great software and more and more interested in short-sighted, quick wins.
- 4.0Good work-life balance. Difficult to grow careerSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesOctober 12, 2025Pros: People are very nice. Projects can be challenging and interesting. Work-life balance is great.Cons: Moving up to senior or from senior to staff is extremely difficult. There has to be a "business need", not just merit. The technical bar could be higher, and pay isn't that competitive.
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