Backend Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Twitch 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 43.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Backend Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Twitch overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Twitch as a Backend Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Skills test: 20%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Twitch (California City, CA) in Aug 2025
Interview
Challenging and unique way of testing out knowledge through non-Leetcode style questions. Subtly tested system design thinking by asking questions related to system design with AWS products.
Pre-screen - coding assignment timed.
First round recruiter phone call,
Second round Hiring Manager round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Build a backend system to simulate in memory DB system and explain system design for such a problem.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Twitch in Aug 2019
Interview
I applied through referral portal and have an invitation to a coderpad technical interview. The programming problem is pretty easy, but the interviewer expect to see bug free and readable code. I learned a lot although I did not move to the next stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Could you make the code more readable for the co-workers?