Site Reliability Engineer Interview Experience - Netherlands
Process
Best interview experience I had in my career!
- They promise to get back to you within 7 days since applying, and they actually do.
- Their communication was top-notch. Never had to wait long for a response. If they needed more time, they would let me know about it. After each stage, I always received a call with feedback and advice for the next steps.
- During the whole process, I felt they were really excited to talk to me, cheering for me, and wanted me to succeed in the interviews.
- No live programming exercises under time pressure, no HackerRank/LeetCode, no whiteboard coding sessions, no questions about obscure algorithms, no quizzes or tricks.
- Everyone was very friendly and respectful. They seemed to know that interviews are stressful and did their best to reduce the pressure.
My process consisted of several calls with a recruiter, hiring managers, engineers from my future team, and non-engineers from other teams. There was a lot of focus on communication (both verbal and written), compatibility with Zapier's values, and the approach to fully remote work. Questions during the technical interviews weren't difficult and were, I think, intentionally quite broad. This allowed me to start with a simple answer but also gave the opportunity to dig deeper and show my experience.
There was also a take-home programming assignment using the language of your choice. The goal was to write a simple tool solving a real-world problem. It wasn't difficult to implement. Also, it wasn't expected to provide a perfect solution. What was important was correctness, code quality, tests, and documenting the implementation and potential improvements.
Questions
How do you know when something is broken in production?
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Zapier's interview process for their Site Reliability Engineer roles in Netherlands is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
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Zapier Work Experiences
- 5.0Fast Moving, Exciting CompanySite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeApril 3, 2024Pros: Staff culture is my biggest pro. There is a positive, compete-together attitude among nearly all employees, and some of the brightest minds to learn from. Highly technical leadership from top to bottom, as well as a tight product-market fit and a fundamental customer focus, means work is well-understood and meaningful.Cons: It might not be for everyone. The pace of change is fast and increasing. But generally, the company looks after you for your impact. Growth is natural from working on hard and varied problems, and the work is rewarding.
- 5.0People over everything elseSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeMarch 4, 2022Pros: Remote-first is the obvious one; everyone at Zapier is remote, period. For SREs, anyway, a true follow-the-sun on-call. No more getting paged in the middle of the night. Most importantly, a company that truly cares about its employees. The best example of this is a recently launched initiative for people who want to leave. If you indicate interest in going somewhere else, they will provide you with mock interviews, contact people at other companies you're interested in, and support you. They owe you nothing at that point, but are willing to help you succeed no matter where you land.Cons: I would personally prefer Kanban over Scrum, but that's team-dependent. It's a pretty minor con compared to the list of pros.
- 5.0Great Remote Culture, No SponsorshipSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaJune 21, 2023Pros: This company is fully remote and has a great culture.Cons: They offer no employment sponsorship of any kind. You have to be a Citizen or PR of the country you’re applying from.
