An extremely daunting interview made better by an awesome recruiter. Lots of system design - this matters more for senior roles. I think I went through 5 total system design interviews. The last system design interview was so weird for me. I'd say my performance was definitely influenced negatively by one of the interviewers. He spoke extremely fast, slurring and blending his words into each other and had an accent. Not really his fault but wouldn't using another interviewer be better? I couldn't understand the problem he was explaining well and every time I asked him a clarifying question, I got more confused.
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Question 1
system design, system design, system design, system design, system design,
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sprout Social in Oct 2023
Interview
recruiter intro call schedule a tech screen. recruiter was tight lipped on what the interview would cover. tech screen: talk about a technical project, design a cupcake ordering app, find the intersection of two unsorted lists, then of two sorted lists.
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Question 1
talk about a technical project, design a cupcake ordering app, find the intersection of two unsorted lists, then of two sorted lists.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Sprout Social
Interview
Conversation with recruiter. Easy first technical round with a bakery system design. 3.5 hours of final interview with panel - 2 hours of system design and an hour of behavioral/coffee chat, and another 30 mins with the HR. Too many system design questions. The interviewers are not helpful at all.
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Question 1
Design bike rental. Design malware detection system in tweets. Design radiation detection
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Sprout Social with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sprout Social overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sprout Social as a Senior Software Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 23%
Phone interview: 19%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 19%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Presentation: 3%
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