Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
December 1, 2015
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Applied online. Contacted by recruiter and was sent a coding challenge. Finished it quickly and sent it back. Got a reject after a week. I asked for the grounds for rejection. The recruiter said that feedback will not be given. Total waste of time. Don't recommend interviewing here.
Questions
Build Redis, like in-memory DB.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 38 interview experiences for the Thumbtack Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
47%
Pass Rate
Thumbtack's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive66%
Neutral8%
Negative26%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Thumbtack's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Thumbtack Work Experiences
1.0
Thumbtack Hacks: Clients/PROs Info
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
June 27, 2017
Pros: None at all. This company is a forum of fraudulent access to people's information.
Cons: They illegally get people's information by skip tracing. They have a secret database of individual accounts that uses an algorithm to deactivate accounts based on illegally running background checks on clients and pros.
5.0
Great place to work, learn, and have impact
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
July 17, 2019
Pros: - Great culture (flexible work hours and friendly people)
- Amazing culinary team. Food that manages to be healthy, diverse, and delicious.
- Impactful projects
- Positive future prospects (I might be biased, but I think we have a clear edge over our competitors in the long run)
Cons: Not much to think of.
5.0
Good place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
January 5, 2016
Pros: Good benefits, nice office, nice food, and friendly and helpful people. Growing fast, and still with an overall good culture.
Cons: In a bad neighborhood – not fun walking home after dark. The codebase has a lot of problems, with some pretty bad technical debt, although this is being worked on. It can be a bit cliquey and hard to make friends with people outside of your team.
- 1.0Thumbtack Hacks: Clients/PROs InfoSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJune 27, 2017Pros: None at all. This company is a forum of fraudulent access to people's information.Cons: They illegally get people's information by skip tracing. They have a secret database of individual accounts that uses an algorithm to deactivate accounts based on illegally running background checks on clients and pros.
- 5.0Great place to work, learn, and have impactSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 17, 2019Pros: - Great culture (flexible work hours and friendly people) - Amazing culinary team. Food that manages to be healthy, diverse, and delicious. - Impactful projects - Positive future prospects (I might be biased, but I think we have a clear edge over our competitors in the long run)Cons: Not much to think of.
- 5.0Good place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 5, 2016Pros: Good benefits, nice office, nice food, and friendly and helpful people. Growing fast, and still with an overall good culture.Cons: In a bad neighborhood – not fun walking home after dark. The codebase has a lot of problems, with some pretty bad technical debt, although this is being worked on. It can be a bit cliquey and hard to make friends with people outside of your team.
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