Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
They were friendly and prompt in interviewing. I interviewed with most of the team I would be working with, one at a time.
They gave me a few skills tests of various kinds, high-level and low-level. The hiring manager walked me around the office, introducing me to people and, clearly, was evaluating my personality and culture fit with the rest of the team and company.
They were very excited to answer each and every question I had, be it about the benefits, job, work, company, people, org structure, or even how teams fit together and who calls the shots when it comes to infrastructure/development decisions.
Questions
Nothing too difficult or unusual.
Code up some quick system monitors using a language of my choice.
Whip out a design for a large, 3-tier application.
Juggle some data structures.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Zendesk Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Zendesk's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Zendesk's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Zendesk Work Experiences
- 3.0Things are changingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 27, 2023Pros: - Flexible - Tech stack is up to dateCons: - Marketing seems to be reaching a bottleneck. - Management changed after the PE acquisition.
- 5.0Basically a dream jobSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 1, 2016Pros: Insane amounts of autonomy and creative freedom. Great culture. Fantastic management (facilitators, not micromanagers).Cons: A very distributed organizational structure, still figuring out cohesion. Growing pains of any recent IPO company.
- 4.0Great company if they can continue the momentum and culture and update on timeSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJune 11, 2019Pros: The company has a great culture, and they take care of their employees very well. They are expanding a lot faster, but this is putting stability at risk sometimes. Overall, the company is a good place to work. Some of the teams' work might be boring.Cons: Salaries and benefits are not up to the market rate, but stock doing great is the best thing. Hiring too many middle managers is making things complicated and giving a feel of a large organization rather than a startup or mid-size company.
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