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Software Engineer Interview Experience

April 1, 2015
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied via Stack Overflow, the initial screen was a written assignment to show understanding of a codebase. After passing that, I had an hour-long interview with an engineer.

The third phase was five hour-long hangouts. This was the bad part – no apparent effort to coordinate among the interviewers meant I answered the same questions again and again. Questions about commitment to the cause finally made me question whether I was enough of a true believer. I bailed after the third interview.

Questions

Merge two linked lists in Java

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the Wikimedia Foundation Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

10%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral10%
Negative40%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Wikimedia Foundation's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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