Tripadvisor

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Needham, Massachusetts

August 1, 2018

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Manager phone screen Technical 1-hour phone interview Half-day technical onsite interview

Worst part was they never gave me any answer (yes or no) nor any feedback on my interview. One day of my life was wasted as I did not receive any input from either Bob or the manager.

Stay away.

Questions

Trees, trees, trees.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Tripadvisor Senior Software Engineer role in Needham, Massachusetts.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

Tripadvisor's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Needham, Massachusetts is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral0%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Tripadvisor's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Needham, Massachusetts.

Tripadvisor Work Experiences

Smart Folks, Old Tech

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Amazing office, very smart people.

Cons: The stack is pretty old.

Smart Folks, Old Tech

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Amazing office, very smart people.

Cons: The stack is pretty old.

Good Pay, Scary Layoffs

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: I worked at TripAdvisor and was compensated.

Cons: Layoffs affected many employees globally.

Good Pay, Scary Layoffs

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: I worked at TripAdvisor and was compensated.

Cons: Layoffs affected many employees globally.

Constant reorgs, but..

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Modern Java, truly full-stack engineering. No 'architects', so you get to architect your own solutions. Engineering management is usually willing to back up engineers. Nobody ever asked me to work more than 35 hours in a week. That may vary.

Cons: Quality of work and management varies widely from team to team. Reorgs are fairly common, because the business is convinced that the right reporting chains in engineering will somehow fix a decade of bad product decisions.

Constant reorgs, but..

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Modern Java, truly full-stack engineering. No 'architects', so you get to architect your own solutions. Engineering management is usually willing to back up engineers. Nobody ever asked me to work more than 35 hours in a week. That may vary.

Cons: Quality of work and management varies widely from team to team. Reorgs are fairly common, because the business is convinced that the right reporting chains in engineering will somehow fix a decade of bad product decisions.

Smart Folks, Old Tech

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Amazing office, very smart people.

Cons: The stack is pretty old.

4.0
Smart Folks, Old Tech
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Needham, Massachusetts, United States
April 19, 2021
Pros: Amazing office, very smart people.
Cons: The stack is pretty old.

Good Pay, Scary Layoffs

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: I worked at TripAdvisor and was compensated.

Cons: Layoffs affected many employees globally.

4.0
Good Pay, Scary Layoffs
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Needham, Massachusetts, United States
May 19, 2020
Pros: I worked at TripAdvisor and was compensated.
Cons: Layoffs affected many employees globally.

Constant reorgs, but..

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Modern Java, truly full-stack engineering. No 'architects', so you get to architect your own solutions. Engineering management is usually willing to back up engineers. Nobody ever asked me to work more than 35 hours in a week. That may vary.

Cons: Quality of work and management varies widely from team to team. Reorgs are fairly common, because the business is convinced that the right reporting chains in engineering will somehow fix a decade of bad product decisions.

3.0
Constant reorgs, but..
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Needham, Massachusetts, United States
May 8, 2020
Pros: Modern Java, truly full-stack engineering. No 'architects', so you get to architect your own solutions. Engineering management is usually willing to back up engineers. Nobody ever asked me to work more than 35 hours in a week. That may vary.
Cons: Quality of work and management varies widely from team to team. Reorgs are fairly common, because the business is convinced that the right reporting chains in engineering will somehow fix a decade of bad product decisions.

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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