Twitch

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

November 1, 2024

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Initial contact with recruiter.
Answer some basic questions over email, such as "Can you work from the office 1-2 times a week?"
90-minute exam on CodeSignal.

Questions

Given a set of old product records, determine, using a paginated API, which records are currently out of sync.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 37 interview experiences for the Twitch Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

27%

Pass Rate

Twitch's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive46%

Neutral22%

Negative32%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Twitch's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

Twitch Interview Questions

Merge Intervals

Medium

You are given a collection of intervals. Merge all overlapping intervals into a single interval and return the result.

ArraysSorting

Toss Strange Coins

Medium

You're given a set of coins, each with a different probability of landing heads. Determine the probability of getting a specific number of heads after tossing all the coins.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Design a File Sharing System

Medium

Design a system where users can upload files and share them with others. The system should handle downloading files and tracking which users own specific file copies.

ArraysGreedy Algorithms