Tripadvisor

Software Engineer Inern Interview Experience

March 8, 2013

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a phone interview that lasted about 25 minutes. I just said hello and began to code on an online editor.

Questions

Ask me to write a binary search tree class and implement the insert function for it on an online editor.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Tripadvisor Software Engineer Inern role in United States.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

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

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Tripadvisor's Software Engineer Inern interview process in United States.

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Cons: Losing market share, COVID-19 impact unknown so far.

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Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Great people, big impact, and lots of interesting parts of the company.

Cons: Losing market share, COVID-19 impact unknown so far.

Fast Releases, No Direction

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Sydney, Australia

Pros: Rapid Product Releases Under Pressure Due to a "move fast" culture driven by upper management, the company releases features faster than competitors. This causes rushed timelines and a lack of QA oversight. Bugs and poor user experience cause long-term damage to the brand.

Cons: Lack of Clear Vision and Direction - Senior management constantly changes project priorities without consulting teams.

Fast Releases, No Direction

Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee

Sydney, Australia

Pros: Rapid Product Releases Under Pressure Due to a "move fast" culture driven by upper management, the company releases features faster than competitors. This causes rushed timelines and a lack of QA oversight. Bugs and poor user experience cause long-term damage to the brand.

Cons: Lack of Clear Vision and Direction - Senior management constantly changes project priorities without consulting teams.

Great People, Strategy Churn

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Cons: Company strategy changes every 12 months, leading to re-organizations.

Great People, Strategy Churn

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Cons: Company strategy changes every 12 months, leading to re-organizations.

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Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Great people, big impact, and lots of interesting parts of the company.

Cons: Losing market share, COVID-19 impact unknown so far.

4.0
Great work environment, losing market share
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Needham, Massachusetts, United States
May 2, 2020
Pros: Great people, big impact, and lots of interesting parts of the company.
Cons: Losing market share, COVID-19 impact unknown so far.

Fast Releases, No Direction

Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee

Sydney, Australia

Pros: Rapid Product Releases Under Pressure Due to a "move fast" culture driven by upper management, the company releases features faster than competitors. This causes rushed timelines and a lack of QA oversight. Bugs and poor user experience cause long-term damage to the brand.

Cons: Lack of Clear Vision and Direction - Senior management constantly changes project priorities without consulting teams.

2.0
Fast Releases, No Direction
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Pros: Rapid Product Releases Under Pressure Due to a "move fast" culture driven by upper management, the company releases features faster than competitors. This causes rushed timelines and a lack of QA oversight. Bugs and poor user experience cause long-term damage to the brand.
Cons: Lack of Clear Vision and Direction - Senior management constantly changes project priorities without consulting teams.

Great People, Strategy Churn

Principal Software Engineer • Current Employee

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

November 20, 2024

Pros: Great people work here and there's an opportunity to work in many different areas related to travel.

Cons: Company strategy changes every 12 months, leading to re-organizations.

3.0
Great People, Strategy Churn
Principal Software Engineer • Current Employee
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Pros: Great people work here and there's an opportunity to work in many different areas related to travel.
Cons: Company strategy changes every 12 months, leading to re-organizations.

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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