I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Splunk (Vancouver, BC) in Feb 2021
Interview
The overall interview process is messy. I first talked with the manager in team A and then I was interviewed by 5 developers. However, the 5 developers are not from team A and they interviewed me for a different position from team B(I knew it after I completed all the interviews with both teams).
After I completed all the interviews with team B I got very positive feedback and they wanted me to wait. After a week, team B decided to choose an internally referred candidate even they really like my performance and background. And the recruiter continued to move my application with team A after I was rejected by team B.
It took another week for the interviews. I got another rejection after another week of waiting. The recruiter said that’s the senior level position in the update email but the one I applied for not a senior position. I sent an email to ask about the position level issue but no response back.
In summary, I spent almost 2 months preparing all of the interviews and I was interviewed by 10 developers in 2 teams. The good thing is the teammates are professional and nice, and the project that they are working on is cool.
However, I got nothing even I received very positive feedback. Please don’t post the position if you want to choose an internal candidate. It totally wasting of my time. And please have a clear and proper interview process and show more respect to the candidates
Horrible. Rude. They were awful. Stay away. I never would recommend to even my worst enemy on this planet. What a terrible interviewer. Beware. They already picked someone. I am glad I dodged a bullet here.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Splunk
Interview
The whole process took over three months and they even didn't provide the message after all stages that I am rejected. The time between rounds took form 3 to 4 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DFS problem, leetcode medium in 1 round, leetcode easy in 2 round
- 30 minute call with HR
- 1h technical interview in Karat (data structures and algorithms + system design)
- 1-2h technical interview with team members
- 1h interview with manager
The whole process takes a lot of time but it is well organized.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Past experience in details - if I had any occasion to lead a project, how it went and how I overcame hardships.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Splunk with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 35% positive. To compare, the company-average is 40.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 97 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Splunk overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Splunk as a Software Engineer according to 97 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 12%
Group panel interview: 8%
Presentation: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 1%
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