Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - Canada
February 19, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The interview process begins with a phone interview, asking basic questions.
The second round involves a basic programming challenge.
The third round includes multiple programming challenges, featuring fairly simple problems. This stage also entails interviews with various senior team members, some of whom are technical but also focus on communication.
Questions
Given an API response, can you determine the specific properties based on a set of business rules?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Toast Staff Software Engineer role in Canada.
Success Rate
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Pass Rate
Toast's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in Canada is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Neutral100%
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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Toast's Staff Software Engineer interview process in Canada.
Toast Work Experiences
5.0
Fast-growing and profitable company
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
November 14, 2025
Pros: Growing to new markets.
Building a great product, helping restaurants thrive.
It depends on the team, but if you are lucky, you'll work on an interesting project and will be able to drive improvements and affect the roadmaps.
Company culture is great overall.
Cons: Some PMs are highly incompetent, but due to the company culture, they continue working on the products they don't fit.
Some top management decisions (like laying off the team owning e2e tests without a replacement) are weird and affect the product's quality.
Company policy does not allow people to grow to the principal+ levels if they work on a single product, as there is an official list of boxes you need to 'tick,' and one product (regardless of how great you've established it) doesn't count.
4.0
Great Engineers, Legacy Code
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
July 11, 2025
Pros: Decent pay, great engineers, and excessive tooling available.
Cons: Huge company, feeling small. Management overhead (many steps of the ladder), a lot of legacy code.
5.0
Great place to work!
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
February 15, 2025
Pros: Good pay, benefits, perks. Great values.
Cons: Feeling more corporate and less empathy from leadership these days.
- 5.0Fast-growing and profitable companyStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeDublin, Dublin, IrelandNovember 14, 2025Pros: Growing to new markets. Building a great product, helping restaurants thrive. It depends on the team, but if you are lucky, you'll work on an interesting project and will be able to drive improvements and affect the roadmaps. Company culture is great overall.Cons: Some PMs are highly incompetent, but due to the company culture, they continue working on the products they don't fit. Some top management decisions (like laying off the team owning e2e tests without a replacement) are weird and affect the product's quality. Company policy does not allow people to grow to the principal+ levels if they work on a single product, as there is an official list of boxes you need to 'tick,' and one product (regardless of how great you've established it) doesn't count.
- 4.0Great Engineers, Legacy CodeStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeJuly 11, 2025Pros: Decent pay, great engineers, and excessive tooling available.Cons: Huge company, feeling small. Management overhead (many steps of the ladder), a lot of legacy code.
- 5.0Great place to work!Staff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesFebruary 15, 2025Pros: Good pay, benefits, perks. Great values.Cons: Feeling more corporate and less empathy from leadership these days.
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