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Software Engineer Interview Experience

December 30, 2014
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Two phone screens on Skype, followed by homework, then a day on campus for five interviews. In the end, no offer was extended due to a lack of Java experience. They didn't ask any Java questions during the interviews, so I'm unsure of the reason.

Questions

Intersect two sorted lists.

Get a sublist of a linked list indexed by Fibonacci numbers.

Count the number of islands of 1s in a 1/0 matrix.

Given an array of positive integers, find how much water it would hold (Twitter waterfall question).

Some rapid-fire machine learning.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 168 interview experiences for the Tripadvisor Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

13%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive44%
Neutral39%
Negative17%

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

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