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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Boston, Massachusetts

November 1, 2010
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process started with a recruiter contacting me for a Software Engineer position. This was followed by a telephonic interview where I was asked about design patterns. I was then asked to write code for generating Fibonacci numbers up to one million. This was followed by an onsite interview.

The onsite interview began with an HR representative asking me questions relating to my knowledge of TripAdvisor. Basically, they wanted to gauge my understanding of the company and the position. Next, a member of the software engineering team gave me a coding task: writing a web crawler. This led to a discussion about various algorithms, such as DFS and BFS. The coding task involved recursion, and we discussed the approach I would be following. The interviewer expected me to write the code with exact syntax for a specified language.

Questions

Write a web crawler to count the number of pages on a website.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 30 interview experiences for the Tripadvisor Software Engineer role in Boston, Massachusetts.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

Tripadvisor's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Boston, Massachusetts is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive57%
Neutral27%
Negative17%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tripadvisor's Software Engineer interview process in Boston, Massachusetts.

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