Frontend Engineer Interview Experience - Singapore
November 1, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Quick chat with the recruiter on Zoom. Then they asked me to do an assignment. The assignment was to find k shortest paths between two MTR stations. I used Yen's k shortest path algorithm for that. After that, there were two coding sessions on Coderpad. I think they didn't move forward because I couldn't code one question in the second round. They didn't give me any feedback.
Questions
Write a function which returns 0 on input 1 and 1 on input 0.
Write a function, memoize, which takes a function and returns a new function which memoizes the result.
Length of the longest substring without repeating characters.
Check for balanced parentheses in an expression.
Check whether the given string is valid or not based on the following conditions:
- Parentheses should be valid.
- ':' could be standalone.
- ':)', ':(', '):', '(: smiles are valid.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Zendesk Frontend Engineer role in Singapore.
Success Rate
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Pass Rate
Zendesk's interview process for their Frontend Engineer roles in Singapore is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Neutral0%
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Zendesk's Frontend Engineer interview process in Singapore.
Zendesk Work Experiences
1.0
A once great startup, failing to make the leap to the next level
Senior Software Developer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
June 16, 2017
Pros: The founders are terrific and really exhibit a lot of humility.
Great CSR program, and the company plays a very active role in the community. In SF, they have done a lot to make things better in the mid-market and Tenderloin neighborhoods.
World-class creative design team. Terrific internal and external branding.
Nice office and event space that exhibits Danish design elements.
Great weekly happy hours and lunch & learn sessions.
Cons: - Culture: There is no common DNA that binds the company culturally.
The company must emphasize core values and have people at all levels of the organization “walk the walk”.
- Rampant cronyism/favoritism. If you are friends with the Sheriff, you can get away with anything in this town.
- "Flash" gets rewarded over substance.
- Lack of transparency in senior leadership. Financial and headcount planning exercises lack discipline and long-term thinking.
- Engineering is treated as a disposable “resource”, and full-time employees get treated more like contractors.
- Product management dictates what gets done without necessarily doing due diligence. Most things are done by a product manager’s “gut” feel without the corresponding responsibility. Non-technical PMs trying to run engineering teams makes things doubly worse.
- The operations engineering organization is an absolute nightmare. Things take forever to get done, and any efforts to fix this have not been effective.
- The company lacks long-term strategic thinking and tends to follow industry leaders without being thought leaders.
- There has been a lot of attrition in the company in the past six months. At least 10 people at the senior management level (VP+) have left the company, along with several tenured employees.
- The company was great a few years ago but is just not making the leap to the next level. Things have become extremely political, especially at the top. People put their interests ahead of the company’s. Really, really sad.
1.0
The culture is so bad
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
February 3, 2021
Pros: Got some nice colleagues in the old days.
Cons: I don't understand what the management level thinks about.
The HR always brings someone who talks much but does nothing.
Underpaid.
5.0
Great company and culture
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
February 18, 2018
Pros: + Very interesting projects (scale + technical)
+ Market leader with a nice product and plenty of room to grow
+ Great culture: inclusive, diverse, and fun
Cons: Not a startup, therefore can move relatively slowly (very careful not to break things).
- 1.0A once great startup, failing to make the leap to the next levelSenior Software Developer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJune 16, 2017Pros: The founders are terrific and really exhibit a lot of humility. Great CSR program, and the company plays a very active role in the community. In SF, they have done a lot to make things better in the mid-market and Tenderloin neighborhoods. World-class creative design team. Terrific internal and external branding. Nice office and event space that exhibits Danish design elements. Great weekly happy hours and lunch & learn sessions.Cons: - Culture: There is no common DNA that binds the company culturally. The company must emphasize core values and have people at all levels of the organization “walk the walk”. - Rampant cronyism/favoritism. If you are friends with the Sheriff, you can get away with anything in this town. - "Flash" gets rewarded over substance. - Lack of transparency in senior leadership. Financial and headcount planning exercises lack discipline and long-term thinking. - Engineering is treated as a disposable “resource”, and full-time employees get treated more like contractors. - Product management dictates what gets done without necessarily doing due diligence. Most things are done by a product manager’s “gut” feel without the corresponding responsibility. Non-technical PMs trying to run engineering teams makes things doubly worse. - The operations engineering organization is an absolute nightmare. Things take forever to get done, and any efforts to fix this have not been effective. - The company lacks long-term strategic thinking and tends to follow industry leaders without being thought leaders. - There has been a lot of attrition in the company in the past six months. At least 10 people at the senior management level (VP+) have left the company, along with several tenured employees. - The company was great a few years ago but is just not making the leap to the next level. Things have become extremely political, especially at the top. People put their interests ahead of the company’s. Really, really sad.
- 1.0The culture is so badStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaFebruary 3, 2021Pros: Got some nice colleagues in the old days.Cons: I don't understand what the management level thinks about. The HR always brings someone who talks much but does nothing. Underpaid.
- 5.0Great company and cultureSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaFebruary 18, 2018Pros: + Very interesting projects (scale + technical) + Market leader with a nice product and plenty of room to grow + Great culture: inclusive, diverse, and funCons: Not a startup, therefore can move relatively slowly (very careful not to break things).
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