Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
Recruiter call Telephonic 4 onsite rounds
Most of the people I met and interviewed were nice, except for the hiring manager. He was rude and very arrogant; he wouldn't let me complete the code I wrote and then obviously wrote negative feedback. He left only 30 minutes for a big coding problem and kept rushing me, so I either ended up missing a few details or not clarifying as many requirements as I would have, given that he had given me a sane amount of time to actually formulate the problem.
Questions
Describe projects, coding questions, and system design.
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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
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
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Thumbtack's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Thumbtack Work Experiences
- 4.0Solid company with usual growing painsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesApril 1, 2020Pros: Great people, great food, fun challenges.Cons: Growth has really slowed down. Local services marketplaces are tough.
- 5.0One of the best startupsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 15, 2017Pros: Front seat in changing the local service marketplace, helping both professionals and customers to become successful. Great potential to grow. Working with people of mixed experience levels, learning from each other. They are smart and humble, ranging from individual contributors all the way to founders. Data-driven and reasonable in almost all aspects. Huge #loveit.Cons: Not many. It might be good to include 401(k) matching.
- 5.0Unique and Great!Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 25, 2016Pros: People are very competent but not conceited. Leadership is strong from the top down. They set company-wide goals but leave a lot to individual teams. It feels flat rather than overly hierarchical. Everybody's opinion is valued and considered. It's a fast-paced, rapidly growing start-up, yet still manages to feel stable. The product is pioneering its industry. The food is amazing.Cons: Not much, definitely need more engineers for their ambitious goals, but they're having some understandable growing pains.
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