First I had an hour long interview with a hiring manager that was really pleasant and informative. It was more of an opportunity for me to ask questions. On another day I had an hour long behavioral/technical interview with a software engineer. Again, the interviewer was very friendly and asked standard behavioral questions about projects I've worked on. The technical was relevant to the product.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked several questions. One of the behavioral questions was: Tell me about a time you drove change in your job.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Shelf Engine in Aug 2021
Interview
I had an interviewer who looked really nervous the whole time. He had only been there a few months. When I asked about the stack and what they were doing, he would say things like, "Yeah. We might do something kind of like that".
He didn't ask me anything really substantive until within the last 10 minutes. At that point, I got some SQL syntax very slightly off and he looked annoyed. After that call, I got completely ghosted. When I sent a follow-up, two of the people who were on my original email thread had responses indicating that they had left the company.
What a weird experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some trivially simple Python.
Writing a case statement for a simple select in SQL.
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Shelf Engine 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 46.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer 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 Shelf Engine overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Shelf Engine as a Senior Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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