Senior DevOps Engineer Interview Experience - Melbourne, Australia
Process
They move fast!
It took only a week from the initial phone screening to receiving an informal offer. I applied via SEEK and got phone screened by the recruiter, followed by a back-to-back phone screening session with the technical hiring manager and a staff engineer. The session with the hiring manager was sort of behavioral, and the session with the staff engineer was technical.
I was then invited onsite for a series of interviews, which went really smoothly. A total of 4 sessions that lasted for 4 hours. A mix of behavioral and mostly technical. The folks I met with were extremely professional and super cool. I also learned a few things in one of the sessions with the dev lead, where I was pair-programming. The tech questions were more geared towards building systems at scale and about Linux internals.
Questions
Why Zendesk?
Describe User space and Kernel space.
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Success Rate
Zendesk's interview process for their Senior DevOps Engineer roles in Melbourne, Victoria is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
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Zendesk Work Experiences
- 4.0Great place to work!Senior DevOps Engineer • Former EmployeeOctober 25, 2021Pros: Very strong culture. Strong development support. Very good CEO.Cons: The fast growth led to some silos that made understanding impact difficult.
- 1.0Full of politics and a toxic environmentSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaDecember 19, 2022Pros: Good staff benefits, like Flexi Friday, Recharge Day, free health insurance, and an allowance for office setup, etc.Cons: All the benefits are not worth the potential mental damage you would get at Zendesk. Politics happens every day. Even if you are comparably lower-level engineers, you would have to get involved. When you reach out, no one will actually help you; everyone's busy getting themselves clean. Zendesk HR is pathetically useless; they will do nothing but protect the higher-ups. TLDR: If you are at Zendesk and have a bad relationship with your manager, that's the end. No one could do anything to save you.
- 5.0Senior Software DeveloperSenior Software Developer • Current EmployeeMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaJanuary 11, 2019Pros: I love this company. Been with them a few years now and am not thinking of going anywhere soon. They truly take care of you with all the food, lunches, and events that go on constantly; I barely have time to work!Cons: Sometimes I feel they underpay me, but I have to admit I didn't negotiate well when I started.
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