I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HackerOne in May 2025
Interview
Pretty direct interview process. Recruiter, Hiring Manager, Code Tech, System Design, and Culture Fit. Shorter then the average and very quick. Nothing was a gotcha, just straight forward questions mostly trying to start a conversation to get your deeper thoughts.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HackerOne in Jun 2024
Interview
The interview process was one of the best I've experienced in recent years. The recruiter was extremely transparent and communicative, making the whole process easy to navigate.
About 6 months prior to this series of interviews, I had interviewed at HackerOne for a different position. They ended up selecting a different candidate (for reasons I found out later and agree with). However, when more positions became available, the recruiter proactively reached back out.
Because I had gone through the process recently enough, we only covered team/role fit this time around. Of the two interview sessions, one was with the hiring manager, and the other with the team's lead engineer. There were a couple of standard behavioral questions ("tell me about a time when..." etc.), but they were mostly conversational.
Overall, it was a great candidate experience. HackerOne has made the interview process significantly less-burdensome on the candidate by doing a number of small things to reduce stress and cognitive load.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were split between the standard behavioral questions ("tell me about a time when..." etc.) and highly-specific questions.
Software Engineer-IV applicants have rated the interview process at HackerOne with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 76.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer-IV roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HackerOne overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HackerOne as a Software Engineer-IV according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Background check: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
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