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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

June 30, 2021
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Process

I applied online. The process took four weeks.

  • First round: A fairly easy coding interview with some generic questions and two SQL questions.
  • Second round: A one-way video interview.
  • Third and final round: The Xero Assessment Centre day. This included two forty-five-minute interviews, one technical and one soft-skills. In the technical interview, you show a project you've worked on and discuss it with the interviewers. They also asked some generic questions related to teamwork and positives of cloud computing. The other part of the assessment centre was receiving a topic to research for fifteen minutes and doing a short presentation to a panel of Xero workers and the other applicants.

Questions

What was your most challenging project?

Describe a situation where you embraced a new system, process, technology, or idea.

Give an example of someone who was different from you in some way. What did you learn?

Tell us about a challenge that you are most proud of overcoming. How did you overcome it, and what makes it special for you?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Xero Software Engineer (Internship) role.

Success Rate

25%
Pass Rate

Xero's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral38%
Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Xero's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process.