Process
Technical phone screen. Interviewed for the Ads Data Team.
Interviewer was rushed and did not prepare questions about my resume. Asked very canned programming questions.
For the coding question, the problem was to evaluate a hand of poker given the hand. The interviewer prefaced it with it being my own design, then proceeded to interrupt every line to ask me to optimize it. I was not able to complete it in the allotted time due to these interruptions. Seemed very opinionated about writing optimized code the first time, rather than it being an iterative process.
I was not able to get any feedback about the interview from the recruiter because they did not contact me again.
Questions
What is deadlock and how to prevent it?
What is a race condition and how to prevent it?
Coding question: Evaluate a given poker hand.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 16 interview experiences for the Twitch Senior Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
Twitch's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having negative feelings for Twitch's Senior Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Twitch Work Experiences
- 5.0Smart Team, Product LeaderSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeFlower Mound, Texas, United StatesNovember 11, 2020Pros: Perks, work-life balance, good product, market leader, smart people.Cons: Has grown a bit. Things have slowed down. It can be a bit political trying to get products done.
- 3.0Some great people, organizational messSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesApril 12, 2021Pros: There are still great people on some teams, but you have to find them, and team experience varies a lot (true for most companies). Compensation is okay. Work/life balance is great. The office is incredible. Twitch has committed and passionate users, which can make you feel good about launching features for them.Cons: - Not much alignment on any common goals, and it's hard to work with other teams. Teams re-implement features that already exist just so they can do it themselves. - Management is mainly a mix of career Amazon people and hopelessly inexperienced new hires trying to stay afloat. - Zero high-level engineering direction. Internal dev tooling is terrible compared to similar-sized companies. - Zero diversity. 3 women on a team of 60.
- 4.0Good but not greatSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 14, 2020Pros: People who work here generally love the product. Great location in FiDi SF. Relevant tech stack. Good WLB.Cons: Compensation is tied to Amazon policies that can be uncompetitive for high performers.
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