Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - Foster City, California
Process
Coding test through a third party.
Onsite: 3 rounds – Coding, system design, and behavioral.
Took about 3 weeks from first contact to onsite results.
Have to enter 30 words here. Thank you, Glassdoor.
Questions
Reverse Polish notation, and one other LeetCode medium.
Design a loan application system. (They want high availability and strong consistency, so discuss the tradeoffs there and figure out what they really want.)
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Visa Staff Software Engineer role in Foster City, California.
Success Rate
Visa's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in Foster City, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Visa's Staff Software Engineer interview process in Foster City, California.
Visa Work Experiences
- 4.0Easy work, culture mehStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeFoster City, California, United StatesJuly 20, 2025Pros: Good, maintainable workload. Flexible work-from-home policies.Cons: Culture is not good in certain teams.
- 4.0NoneStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeFoster City, California, United StatesJanuary 25, 2025Pros: Work-life balance is pretty good.Cons: The commute is pretty bad for the FC office.
- 3.0Good Benefits, Slow ProcessesStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeFoster City, California, United StatesDecember 6, 2024Pros: Good 401K match, good PTOs, culture depends on your team.Cons: Average compensation. Stocks component is not on par with other companies. There are a lot of processes, and it's slow to get things done.
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