Pros and cons
Pros and cons
Good people who really do try their best.
Too much focus on what we have done, not enough on what we should do.
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Wikimedia Foundation Interview Experiences
Senior Software Engineer
Initial 30-minute call with the recruitment team. Take-home test (3 hours maximum). It appears they expect candidates to give up their time but are unwilling to give up their time to provide feedback.
Senior Software Engineer
It was pretty great. They basically put me with the team I was interviewing for and ran me through some issues they were actually working on. We brainstormed together. They would offer their own suggestions or correct me, but at the end it felt jus
Senior Software Engineer
After a cultural fit call, I had a one-hour call with two engineers on the team I was interviewing for. It was the best technical interview I've ever experienced. We just discussed two real problems they had to face and how I'd go about solving them.
Senior Software Engineer
United KingdomOctober 13, 2025Initial 30-minute call with the recruitment team. Take-home test (3 hours maximum). It appears they expect candidates to give up their time but are unwilling to give up their time to provide feedback.
Senior Software Engineer
BrazilApril 26, 2024It was pretty great. They basically put me with the team I was interviewing for and ran me through some issues they were actually working on. We brainstormed together. They would offer their own suggestions or correct me, but at the end it felt jus
Senior Software Engineer
BrazilApril 3, 2023After a cultural fit call, I had a one-hour call with two engineers on the team I was interviewing for. It was the best technical interview I've ever experienced. We just discussed two real problems they had to face and how I'd go about solving them.
