Zapier

Product Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom

October 1, 2016

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Filled in a rather large online application form and a week later received a (possibly automated) follow-up email with more questions. Responded and did not hear further for over three weeks (despite the company's policy to keep candidates in the loop and email them every 14 days at a minimum). The response was a short, not very useful, rejection.

Questions

Follow-up Questions:

On a 1-10 scale (10 being highest), please rank your experience level with the following:

a) Back-End Programming (Python) b) Back-End Programming (other languages, please specify) c) Front-End Programming d) Data Modeling and Querying e) DevOps, Server Automation & Administration f) _____ - Anything else you'd like to share and rank?

Which of the above areas excites you most?
Which of the above areas excites you least?
Which of the above areas would you like to improve in? Why?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Zapier Product Engineer role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Zapier's interview process for their Product Engineer roles in the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Neutral0%

Negative100%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Zapier's Product Engineer interview process in United Kingdom.

Zapier Work Experiences

Friendly but Short-Sighted

Senior SRE • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: It's a neat product that lets non-technical folks take advantage of automation. My colleagues were friendly, knowledgeable, and supportive. Teams moved fast and were given lots of autonomy. The tech stack was fairly modern, and they're open to suggestions for change.

Cons: "Move fast and get results no matter how you do it" inevitably leads to tech debt and support burden, and that applied here. They were working on some aspects of it, but overall the culture still prioritized immediate feature delivery over future maintainability. This is true both of customer-facing products and internal utilities. They also seemed to be undergoing substantial management / organization churn.

Friendly but Short-Sighted

Senior SRE • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: It's a neat product that lets non-technical folks take advantage of automation. My colleagues were friendly, knowledgeable, and supportive. Teams moved fast and were given lots of autonomy. The tech stack was fairly modern, and they're open to suggestions for change.

Cons: "Move fast and get results no matter how you do it" inevitably leads to tech debt and support burden, and that applied here. They were working on some aspects of it, but overall the culture still prioritized immediate feature delivery over future maintainability. This is true both of customer-facing products and internal utilities. They also seemed to be undergoing substantial management / organization churn.

Pivoting to a terrible place

Frontend Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: They pay well, and there are a lot of great people.

Cons: Recently, 10% of staff were laid off, concentrating in areas like product, UXR, and data. This helped Zapier make data-driven product decisions that led to their success for the last decade. They are putting all their proverbial eggs in the AI basket and actively neglecting areas of the product to do so. Also, they recently significantly cut work from home benefits, anniversary benefits, conference budget, and bonus payout % for folk in senior positions and below.

Pivoting to a terrible place

Frontend Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: They pay well, and there are a lot of great people.

Cons: Recently, 10% of staff were laid off, concentrating in areas like product, UXR, and data. This helped Zapier make data-driven product decisions that led to their success for the last decade. They are putting all their proverbial eggs in the AI basket and actively neglecting areas of the product to do so. Also, they recently significantly cut work from home benefits, anniversary benefits, conference budget, and bonus payout % for folk in senior positions and below.

Great People, Pay, Wlb

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

September 12, 2025

Pros: Great people, good money, good work-life balance.

Cons: Nothing really, if I'm honest.

Great People, Pay, Wlb

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

September 12, 2025

Pros: Great people, good money, good work-life balance.

Cons: Nothing really, if I'm honest.

Friendly but Short-Sighted

Senior SRE • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: It's a neat product that lets non-technical folks take advantage of automation. My colleagues were friendly, knowledgeable, and supportive. Teams moved fast and were given lots of autonomy. The tech stack was fairly modern, and they're open to suggestions for change.

Cons: "Move fast and get results no matter how you do it" inevitably leads to tech debt and support burden, and that applied here. They were working on some aspects of it, but overall the culture still prioritized immediate feature delivery over future maintainability. This is true both of customer-facing products and internal utilities. They also seemed to be undergoing substantial management / organization churn.

2.0
Friendly but Short-Sighted
Senior SRE • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
July 1, 2024
Pros: It's a neat product that lets non-technical folks take advantage of automation. My colleagues were friendly, knowledgeable, and supportive. Teams moved fast and were given lots of autonomy. The tech stack was fairly modern, and they're open to suggestions for change.
Cons: "Move fast and get results no matter how you do it" inevitably leads to tech debt and support burden, and that applied here. They were working on some aspects of it, but overall the culture still prioritized immediate feature delivery over future maintainability. This is true both of customer-facing products and internal utilities. They also seemed to be undergoing substantial management / organization churn.

Pivoting to a terrible place

Frontend Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: They pay well, and there are a lot of great people.

Cons: Recently, 10% of staff were laid off, concentrating in areas like product, UXR, and data. This helped Zapier make data-driven product decisions that led to their success for the last decade. They are putting all their proverbial eggs in the AI basket and actively neglecting areas of the product to do so. Also, they recently significantly cut work from home benefits, anniversary benefits, conference budget, and bonus payout % for folk in senior positions and below.

3.0
Pivoting to a terrible place
Frontend Engineer • Current Employee
July 24, 2023
Pros: They pay well, and there are a lot of great people.
Cons: Recently, 10% of staff were laid off, concentrating in areas like product, UXR, and data. This helped Zapier make data-driven product decisions that led to their success for the last decade. They are putting all their proverbial eggs in the AI basket and actively neglecting areas of the product to do so. Also, they recently significantly cut work from home benefits, anniversary benefits, conference budget, and bonus payout % for folk in senior positions and below.

Great People, Pay, Wlb

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

September 12, 2025

Pros: Great people, good money, good work-life balance.

Cons: Nothing really, if I'm honest.

5.0
Great People, Pay, Wlb
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 12, 2025
Pros: Great people, good money, good work-life balance.
Cons: Nothing really, if I'm honest.

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