Tripadvisor

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

May 1, 2012

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Whole day interview without lunch.

HR and some of the people were very rude. It was a waste of time.

When I interviewed there, I already had two offers. When HR asked about my salary requirement, I gave him a number that was $10,000 lower than my offers. He still gave me a look as if I didn't deserve that amount of money.

He also compared his company with Google. What a joke! I think Google would pay much more than them.

Questions

Randomly select distinct objects from a big array.

What if you cannot change the order of the original array?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 37 interview experiences for the Tripadvisor Senior Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

14%

Pass Rate

Tripadvisor's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive27%

Neutral35%

Negative38%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Tripadvisor's Senior Software Engineer interview process.

Tripadvisor Work Experiences

A flexible company to work for

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

August 10, 2016

Pros: Flexibility in time and location of work. Fast-paced. Operates like a startup. Minimal politics. Collaborative environment. Processes are open to change and improvement without a ton of red tape.

Cons: Fast-paced. Collaborative, but each team's decisions can easily influence other teams, so communication is key. Teams are highly distrusted across the US and Canada.

A flexible company to work for

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

August 10, 2016

Pros: Flexibility in time and location of work. Fast-paced. Operates like a startup. Minimal politics. Collaborative environment. Processes are open to change and improvement without a ton of red tape.

Cons: Fast-paced. Collaborative, but each team's decisions can easily influence other teams, so communication is key. Teams are highly distrusted across the US and Canada.

Great place to work and learn

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Awesome place to work with difficult challenges and teams that can help you accomplish amazing things.

Cons: The amount of time you spend working is 55+ hours a week.

Great place to work and learn

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Awesome place to work with difficult challenges and teams that can help you accomplish amazing things.

Cons: The amount of time you spend working is 55+ hours a week.

Very good company

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Remote working Competitive salary Good line managers

Cons: Some really nasty old technologies. A lot of teams are seriously understaffed.

Very good company

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Remote working Competitive salary Good line managers

Cons: Some really nasty old technologies. A lot of teams are seriously understaffed.

A flexible company to work for

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

August 10, 2016

Pros: Flexibility in time and location of work. Fast-paced. Operates like a startup. Minimal politics. Collaborative environment. Processes are open to change and improvement without a ton of red tape.

Cons: Fast-paced. Collaborative, but each team's decisions can easily influence other teams, so communication is key. Teams are highly distrusted across the US and Canada.

5.0
A flexible company to work for
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
August 10, 2016
Pros: Flexibility in time and location of work. Fast-paced. Operates like a startup. Minimal politics. Collaborative environment. Processes are open to change and improvement without a ton of red tape.
Cons: Fast-paced. Collaborative, but each team's decisions can easily influence other teams, so communication is key. Teams are highly distrusted across the US and Canada.

Great place to work and learn

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Awesome place to work with difficult challenges and teams that can help you accomplish amazing things.

Cons: The amount of time you spend working is 55+ hours a week.

5.0
Great place to work and learn
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
April 4, 2022
Pros: Awesome place to work with difficult challenges and teams that can help you accomplish amazing things.
Cons: The amount of time you spend working is 55+ hours a week.

Very good company

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Remote working Competitive salary Good line managers

Cons: Some really nasty old technologies. A lot of teams are seriously understaffed.

5.0
Very good company
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
August 4, 2024
Pros: Remote working Competitive salary Good line managers
Cons: Some really nasty old technologies. A lot of teams are seriously understaffed.

Tripadvisor Interview Questions

Find Common Characters

Find the common characters that appear in all strings within a given array of strings. Return these common characters as a list.

Valid Parentheses

Determine if a string containing parentheses is valid. A valid string has matching and properly nested opening and closing parentheses.

LRU Cache

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

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