Lead Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Freshworks with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Lead Software Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Freshworks overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Freshworks as a Lead Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 17%
Other: 17%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Freshworks (Chennai) in Feb 2024
Interview
Technical coding assessment
Low-Level Design (LLD) system design
High-Level Design (HLD) assessment
Architectural evaluation conducted by a senior-level interviewer
The interviewers were generally amicable, and the questions ranged from moderate to challenging LeetCode problems. However, during the Architectural Bar Raiser round, I encountered an interviewer who displayed unprofessional behavior. This individual exhibited a lack of professionalism and Technical knowledge, particularly in his attitude and conduct. Additionally, when inquiring about his tenure at Freshworks, it appeared that he had spent a significant portion of his career there.
Management should refrain from assigning critical interview rounds to individuals who exhibit unprofessional behavior. Also I see lot of interviewers faced the same situation with that interviewer and the glassdoor reviews are similar. This could lead to a very bad impact on the company diversity and culture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Longest palindrome substring
Medium level leetcode questions which could be solved using binary search
A couple of medium level leetcode questions.
2 system design rounds, each with a higher level engineer.
The leetcode questions went for basic stack and tree DS only.
The system design rounds were for log system.
Process is very smooth , it takes 2 week to complete
HR is very polite & helpful.
Two technical Round
-DSA questions based on Trie, Heap
- System Design questions like File System Document
Managerial Round
HR round
I applied and they called. We decided a date and the interview happened on that date. It went well. It was good.
I got selected. They offered me the position.