Process
Phone screen in which I discussed my past work and interests in Twitch and eSports in general.
Followed by a technical phone screen.
Followed by a series of in-person interviews.
Questions
Imagine you want to design a service that outputs the total number of all concurrent viewers on Twitch to some output device every few minutes. You have a source of this information given as a data stream, in which all currently active channels report their current number of viewers. This data stream triggers every 10 minutes, and your service must update more often than this.
How would you design this service?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Twitch Software Engineering role in United States.
Success Rate
67%
Pass Rate
Twitch's interview process for their Software Engineering roles in the United States is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Twitch's Software Engineering interview process in United States.
Twitch Work Experiences
5.0
A rewarding place to work
Software Engineering • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
July 20, 2015
Pros: Great place to work. Great food and perks, goes without saying. The company is the type of place where people just hang out after work and play games because they enjoy it here and the people are awesome.
But if you feel like working from home one day, or working a different schedule than everyone else, that's completely fine too.
Twitch is at a particularly exciting phase where it's growing quickly and there are a ton of awesome features/products on the brink of being released. I think that our CEO and VP Engineering are both awesome and truly live and breathe this company.
Cons: Some delays or inefficiencies are caused by new people coming onboard each week and existing roles evolving. This is to be expected from a company in this phase, and overall, it seems to be handled pretty well. I think there is more work to be done in evolving the engineering organization and forming teams to own certain infra/product areas that are currently shared responsibilities, but I think the leadership is well aware of this and will make it happen.
5.0
Good job, nice people
Web Developer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
April 15, 2021
Pros: Great teamwork. I like it. Thanks.
Cons: I don't see them. I like it. Thanks.
5.0
Twitch is passionate about its product!
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
April 19, 2016
Pros: Great perks, great people, exciting work. Twitch is filled with people who really care about the product they're building, and that makes the work all that much more worthwhile.
It's great to be part of a company that is transitioning from a startup to a larger company. Amazon provides Twitch with support, but Twitch still retains the culture that made it unique in the first place.
Cons: The company is going through some growing pains, but overall they have been relatively smooth. From an engineering standpoint, the biggest hurdle is digging through legacy code that nobody seems to know about, since all of the people that wrote said code are now in management roles or left the company after the acquisition.
- 5.0A rewarding place to workSoftware Engineering • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 20, 2015Pros: Great place to work. Great food and perks, goes without saying. The company is the type of place where people just hang out after work and play games because they enjoy it here and the people are awesome. But if you feel like working from home one day, or working a different schedule than everyone else, that's completely fine too. Twitch is at a particularly exciting phase where it's growing quickly and there are a ton of awesome features/products on the brink of being released. I think that our CEO and VP Engineering are both awesome and truly live and breathe this company.Cons: Some delays or inefficiencies are caused by new people coming onboard each week and existing roles evolving. This is to be expected from a company in this phase, and overall, it seems to be handled pretty well. I think there is more work to be done in evolving the engineering organization and forming teams to own certain infra/product areas that are currently shared responsibilities, but I think the leadership is well aware of this and will make it happen.
- 5.0Good job, nice peopleWeb Developer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomApril 15, 2021Pros: Great teamwork. I like it. Thanks.Cons: I don't see them. I like it. Thanks.
- 5.0Twitch is passionate about its product!Senior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesApril 19, 2016Pros: Great perks, great people, exciting work. Twitch is filled with people who really care about the product they're building, and that makes the work all that much more worthwhile. It's great to be part of a company that is transitioning from a startup to a larger company. Amazon provides Twitch with support, but Twitch still retains the culture that made it unique in the first place.Cons: The company is going through some growing pains, but overall they have been relatively smooth. From an engineering standpoint, the biggest hurdle is digging through legacy code that nobody seems to know about, since all of the people that wrote said code are now in management roles or left the company after the acquisition.
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