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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York

August 1, 2019
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied online. The first interview was 45 minutes over Zoom.

I was asked a relatively simple OOP design problem. The interviewer was very collaborative and easy-going, so it went smoothly. I had to either use Java or Javascript. The good part is that they are more interested in seeing your thought process and don't worry about code compilation.

I was also asked questions about my resume afterwards. I quickly heard back and was next invited to a 90-minute technical interview with two devs.

Once again, the interview was collaborative (peer-programming style) and the interviewers were laid back. They asked two main questions:

  • Debugging and improving a Java game
  • An SQL subquery problem (which I fumbled on)

They also asked questions about web security.

I got rejected, but ended up getting very detailed feedback on what I should improve on.

Questions

Understand how to code a singleton.

Design a coat check system.

How can cookies be comprised or manipulated? What are some headers that add security?

SQL subquery which uses 3 tables.

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