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Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience

November 22, 2025
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The interview process was good. HR was communicative and present throughout the process. I had an initial technical screening on CodeSignal, followed by a panel discussion. All rounds were conducted in the evening or at night since the team was based out of the US but wanted me to work in person in Bangalore.

Finally, I got positive feedback from HR, but they lowballed me with a Senior Software Engineer title instead of Staff Software Engineer. I am honestly disappointed in putting in a month's time for the process and getting positive feedback, only to be lowballed by the hiring manager and HR, as they had no basis point for their feedback.

Questions

Twitter system design.

DSA:

  • 1 backtracking
  • 1 DP

Hiring manager round: AI tools

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 56 interview experiences for the Visa Staff Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

27%
Pass Rate

Visa's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive43%
Neutral14%
Negative43%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Visa's Staff Software Engineer interview process.

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