Backend Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
Make a phone call about the interview. This is standard process: describe the current job, ask design questions, and leave a few minutes to answer questions.
However, there was no feedback, and no hint when I described my design. They just gave mean feedback through the recruiter. Do not waste your time on something you will never get feedback for.
Questions
Describe the Google Instant design.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Udemy Backend Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Udemy's interview process for their Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Udemy's Backend Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Udemy Work Experiences
- 4.0Nice place to workSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesFebruary 6, 2018Pros: Team and friendship are great.Cons: Low salary and no bonus
- 5.0Great Company Vision and Good PeopleSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJune 4, 2016Pros: Great company culture. Good environment for engineers and lots of ways to learn about other things. Ability to take any course on the platform for free. (With the recent change) Good benefit for learning outside of Udemy platform: The management provides $1500 per employee to be spent for career advancement. Friendly HR, very approachable managers and leadership team. Cross-collaboration among teams is good and people are approachable. Focus on becoming a learning company is great.Cons: Product managers are not senior enough; they are not reliable to set a product vision. Priorities change a lot. The product's look and feel are not consistent. Designers produce inconsistent work, both within a platform and across platforms.
- 4.0Smooth Sailing, Zero PoliticsSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 2, 2023Pros: Little workplace politics, easy inter-team collaboration.Cons: Nothing I can think of.
