Visa

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

September 1, 2014

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Mainly behavioral. Nothing was unexpected, and the interviewer was really nice and encouraging. It was more like an informal conversation, and I liked the whole process.

I was given the interview on the day of my career fair and had my interview the next day. Overall, I believe it went pretty smoothly.

Questions

It was pretty straightforward. Just simple OOP concepts.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Visa Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

33%

Pass Rate

Visa's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive67%

Neutral33%

Negative0%

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

Visa Work Experiences

Don't work here

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Good benefits. Good 401k. Good work-life balance.

Cons: Bad management. Bad culture. Politics.

Don't work here

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Good benefits. Good 401k. Good work-life balance.

Cons: Bad management. Bad culture. Politics.

Startup within a corporation

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

January 19, 2016

Pros: I was on an innovation team, and Visa did a lot for us. They sponsored many events, hackathons, Stanford design classes, and happy hours, and made sure the team was like a family. Visa also has many new technologies under way that will change how consumers use technology, from ATMs and IoT to 3D displays and smart cars. I definitely loved working at Visa.

Cons: I was late on my project. Instead of helping me, my lead engineer took over, and I was left without a project. The next day, I was fired. My manager didn't give me a chance, nor did they talk to my co-workers, who were shocked too.

Startup within a corporation

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

January 19, 2016

Pros: I was on an innovation team, and Visa did a lot for us. They sponsored many events, hackathons, Stanford design classes, and happy hours, and made sure the team was like a family. Visa also has many new technologies under way that will change how consumers use technology, from ATMs and IoT to 3D displays and smart cars. I definitely loved working at Visa.

Cons: I was late on my project. Instead of helping me, my lead engineer took over, and I was left without a project. The next day, I was fired. My manager didn't give me a chance, nor did they talk to my co-workers, who were shocked too.

It was much better before

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 21, 2021

Pros: free parking, brand, global, location

Cons: All big corp issues: bureaucracy.

It was much better before

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 21, 2021

Pros: free parking, brand, global, location

Cons: All big corp issues: bureaucracy.

Don't work here

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Good benefits. Good 401k. Good work-life balance.

Cons: Bad management. Bad culture. Politics.

1.0
Don't work here
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
March 9, 2023
Pros: Good benefits. Good 401k. Good work-life balance.
Cons: Bad management. Bad culture. Politics.

Startup within a corporation

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

January 19, 2016

Pros: I was on an innovation team, and Visa did a lot for us. They sponsored many events, hackathons, Stanford design classes, and happy hours, and made sure the team was like a family. Visa also has many new technologies under way that will change how consumers use technology, from ATMs and IoT to 3D displays and smart cars. I definitely loved working at Visa.

Cons: I was late on my project. Instead of helping me, my lead engineer took over, and I was left without a project. The next day, I was fired. My manager didn't give me a chance, nor did they talk to my co-workers, who were shocked too.

5.0
Startup within a corporation
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
January 19, 2016
Pros: I was on an innovation team, and Visa did a lot for us. They sponsored many events, hackathons, Stanford design classes, and happy hours, and made sure the team was like a family. Visa also has many new technologies under way that will change how consumers use technology, from ATMs and IoT to 3D displays and smart cars. I definitely loved working at Visa.
Cons: I was late on my project. Instead of helping me, my lead engineer took over, and I was left without a project. The next day, I was fired. My manager didn't give me a chance, nor did they talk to my co-workers, who were shocked too.

It was much better before

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 21, 2021

Pros: free parking, brand, global, location

Cons: All big corp issues: bureaucracy.

3.0
It was much better before
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 21, 2021
Pros: free parking, brand, global, location
Cons: All big corp issues: bureaucracy.

Visa Interview Questions

3Sum

Find all unique triplets in an array that sum to zero. You'll need to consider the potential for duplicate numbers and avoid duplicate triplets in your solution.

ArraysTwo Pointers

Balanced Binary Tree

Determine if a binary tree is height-balanced. A height-balanced tree is defined as one where the difference in height between the left and right subtrees of every node is no more than 1.

Length of Longest V-Shaped Diagonal Segment

Find the length of the longest diagonal segment in a matrix that forms a V-shape. A V-shape is defined by monotonically decreasing values followed by monotonically increasing values along the diagonal.

Dynamic ProgrammingArrays

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