Software Developer Interview Experience - Canada
February 2, 2015
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Dropped off resume at career fair and was contacted within two business days for a highly technical phone interview.
The interviewer seemed very serious, suggesting a potentially boring working environment. I tried to smile, but was met with a frown.
The questions were highly technical, with little to no personality assessment. Despite my efforts to show interest and passion for programming, it seemed my enthusiasm was ignored.
There were almost no questions about my personal projects or references to my resume, which I considered the strongest part of my application. The interviewer focused mainly on his team and the working conditions.
My advice: practice extensively with an actual interviewer. It's a lot harder than it looks.
Questions
Find whether a tree is balanced.
Talked about his team and what he is in charge of, and asked if I have any experience in that field.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Tripadvisor Software Developer role in Canada.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Tripadvisor's interview process for their Software Developer roles in Canada is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive33%
Neutral50%
Negative17%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Tripadvisor's Software Developer interview process in Canada.
Tripadvisor Work Experiences
4.0
Good Colleagues, Company Shares
Software Developer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
September 15, 2020
Pros: Nice work with colleges. Good environment. Places.
Cons: Best work, good company, and share with others.
2.0
OK culture with a lack of opportunities for improvement and growth
Software Developer • Current Employee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
February 5, 2014
Pros: There is a relaxed dress code, beer, and ping pong. And all of those things seemed great during my initial interview. But these things are standard these days at technical companies. After my first three months, I was no longer wowed.
Cons: Pay raises are minimal at best and provide a lack of future earning ability.
Employees seem to get pigeonholed into tasks with little to no opportunity to grow out of them or pursue new interests. This also makes advancement extremely difficult; most employees have to leave to grow in their careers.
Lack any sort of mission or vision. It feels like we want to be TripAdvisor, but are far from it.
3.0
Pretty Average Job
Software Developer • Former Employee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
June 1, 2015
Pros: FlipKey, or TAVR, as it has become, is a fairly decent place to work, offering:
* Good pay, relative to the Boston area
* Outstanding benefits
* High traffic, big data website presents interesting challenges
* B2B, B2C, and Internal web interfaces allow varied experience
* Lots of very experienced developers who share knowledge freely
* Exceptionally intelligent, very friendly people across the organization
Cons: - Execs have little interaction with individual contributors, and don't understand how to motivate them.
- Focus is completely on ROI and parity with competitors, not on building great products.
- The tech stack is stale, employing lots of old and lesser-used tech (like Prototype.js).
- Colleagues are uninspired due to stale tech and boring organizational goals.
- There's little positive reinforcement for putting in extra effort.
- Due to the above, the codebase has been hacked together, with high technical debt.
- There is virtually no career development, in a shrinking team with fixed leadership.
- 4.0Good Colleagues, Company SharesSoftware Developer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaSeptember 15, 2020Pros: Nice work with colleges. Good environment. Places.Cons: Best work, good company, and share with others.
- 2.0OK culture with a lack of opportunities for improvement and growthSoftware Developer • Current EmployeeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesFebruary 5, 2014Pros: There is a relaxed dress code, beer, and ping pong. And all of those things seemed great during my initial interview. But these things are standard these days at technical companies. After my first three months, I was no longer wowed.Cons: Pay raises are minimal at best and provide a lack of future earning ability. Employees seem to get pigeonholed into tasks with little to no opportunity to grow out of them or pursue new interests. This also makes advancement extremely difficult; most employees have to leave to grow in their careers. Lack any sort of mission or vision. It feels like we want to be TripAdvisor, but are far from it.
- 3.0Pretty Average JobSoftware Developer • Former EmployeeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesJune 1, 2015Pros: FlipKey, or TAVR, as it has become, is a fairly decent place to work, offering: * Good pay, relative to the Boston area * Outstanding benefits * High traffic, big data website presents interesting challenges * B2B, B2C, and Internal web interfaces allow varied experience * Lots of very experienced developers who share knowledge freely * Exceptionally intelligent, very friendly people across the organizationCons: - Execs have little interaction with individual contributors, and don't understand how to motivate them. - Focus is completely on ROI and parity with competitors, not on building great products. - The tech stack is stale, employing lots of old and lesser-used tech (like Prototype.js). - Colleagues are uninspired due to stale tech and boring organizational goals. - There's little positive reinforcement for putting in extra effort. - Due to the above, the codebase has been hacked together, with high technical debt. - There is virtually no career development, in a shrinking team with fixed leadership.
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