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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

April 1, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The entire process was extremely long and exhausting. HR call, followed with separate coding assessment, then a separate system design and then 3 rounds interview. HR didn't know the details of the interview format or what to prepare, gave the wrong guide which is completely misleading and different from the actual interview. They ask to build frontend and backend within an hour including introduction and useless clarification, think out loud process. There's no enough time to finish the code, unless they are hiring AI instead of human.

The entire process was super slow, It took at least a week to hear from the previous round.

Questions

Coding assessments: 2 rounds with 1 dynamic programming. System design: design ledger system. App coding: build a Spotify with user, songs, playlist with DB, table, backend, frontend within 50mins including clarification. Behavioral questions and another manager behavioral questions. They use Ruby on Rails and manager will ask lots of Ruby on Rails questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 20 interview experiences for the Upstart Senior Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

10%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive30%
Neutral20%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Upstart's Senior Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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