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      Software Engineer Interview

      Dec 23, 2019
      Anonymous employee
      New York, NY
      Accepted offer
      Negative experience

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Upwork (New York, NY) in Jan 2019

      Interview

      Takes a couple of weeks was not bad process rather easy but will get hired on the first time or second time keep try because if the process will easy next time

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      they will ask to verify stages one and two will be government id and tax form w8-ben for non tax payers or offshore agencies
      Answer question
      2

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      Dec 28, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Bengaluru
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Upwork (Bengaluru)

      Interview

      It was bad. They told me only in later rounds that it's not a remote job when it was mentioned in JD that it is remote. Pay is very average and they expect highly skilled people for minimum wage.

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      Developer Interview

      Jan 17, 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Lahore
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
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      I applied online. I interviewed at Upwork (Lahore) in Nov 2022

      Interview

      Basically, it's a freelance platform where we get jobs and freelance contracts from different clients. We send proposals, get responses, and the clients interview you in whatever way they have.

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      Oct 23, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Colombo, Western
      No offer
      Positive experience
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      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Upwork (Colombo, Western) in Jun 2022

      Interview

      I’m about to do my first-round interview for a Software Engineer role. It’ll include behavioral questions and a technical coding round. I’ve been practicing on LeetCode, but I’m still a bit nervous about balancing coding speed with explaining my thought process out loud. Also, I’m not sure which types of behavioral topics are most common teamwork, conflict, or leadership. If anyone has been through SWE interviews recently, I’d love to hear your practical tips for preparing.

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      Upwork interviews FAQs

      • Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Upwork with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 43.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Upwork overall takes an average of 21 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Upwork as a Software Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Skills test:  25%

        One on one interview:  25%

        Background check:  17%

        Phone interview:  17%

        Other:  8%

        Drug test:  8%

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