Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Walmart with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Walmart overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Walmart as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Group panel interview: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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Good to moderate level questions asked. Comprised of coding round, asking dynamic programming and graph related questions. Then told to implement LinkedIn list and spanning tree in C++ or Java language.
The process started with a recruiter screening call, followed by multiple technical interviews covering coding, system design, and project discussions. The coding questions were at a medium difficulty level and focused on common data structures and algorithms. The system design rounds emphasized scalability, distributed systems, and engineering trade-offs. Interviewers also spent significant time discussing prior projects and practical software engineering experience. The final round focused on behavioral questions and team fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a challenging distributed systems project you worked on and the trade-offs you made in the design.
1. Hacker rank round.
2. Techinical coding DSA round(Linklist,search)problem medium level
3. system design round.design uber
all the three rounds was completed in one day, as it was a drive
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Walmart (Bentonville, AR) in Mar 2025
Interview
My interview process consisted of an initial recruiter screening, followed by a technical assessment through Karat, and concluded with two final rounds - a technical interview and a combined technical and managerial interview.