Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Warner Music Group with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Warner Music Group overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Warner Music Group as a Software Engineer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 24%
Personality test: 10%
Background check: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Warner Music Group in Mar 2024
Interview
The first stage is a standard HR phone screen. A recruiter called me and asked a couple questions about my experience, then gave me an overview of the process ahead.
The second stage was two LeetCode style coding questions with engineers. I'd consider the questions between easy and medium level. I was given 45 minutes to complete each, and then I was given time to ask the engineers questions about the job.
The third stage (which I was told was the final one) was a system level design with another engineer, and a behavioral interview with a manager. The system level design involved mapping out high-level components required to retrieve data and display it to a webpage. The behavioral interview asked questions about resolving conflicts, constructive feedback I had received in the past, and about my project history in general.
I did not receive an offer, and unfortunately I was ghosted when asking for feedback, but in general the process seemed fair and the interviewers were friendly and helpful.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Warner Music Group in Aug 2024
Interview
Got an email from recruiter, had the first standard recruiter call - mostly chatting about my past experiences, my expectations and she told me what to expect in the interviews which consists of 2 technical screenings, 1 system design, and 1 hiring manager call. I did the two technical screenings back to back, 1.5 hours each. First question involved manipulating and updating a nested arrays based on some rules. Second question was a bit more tedious, wouldn't say difficult, just a lot of edge cases to consider, not much of data structure but more of how you can structure your code and make use of helpers to make the code maintainable and scalable. Got the standard rejection letter a week out. Everyone that I talked to was pleasant, the coding questions were somewhat interesting so I had some good fun regardless.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Given a 2D array, update the value of each cell based on its neighbors according to a list of rules.
Followup: what if it's a 3D array
Turn an integer between 0~999 into words, for example 517 would output Five Hundred Seventeen.
Followup: Extend your function to take in a number between 0~999,999,999,999,999.
The system design interview followed a standard process, and the interviewer was supportive, making me feel at ease. I was tasked with designing a streaming service like Netflix, discussing the architecture, choosing appropriate technologies, and considering trade-offs. The overall experience was smooth and stress-free.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Warner Music Group (Vancouver, BC) in May 2024
Interview
1. HR screen
2. Tech screens: Sysdesign + coding
3. Onside: Sysdesign + coding + behavioural/deep-dive
My techscreen had a very hard coding question, and the sys design was with 2 people (interviewer plus a shadow) who had a poor command of English language. Somehow I survived this.
Onsite:
- Coding question was a very easy leetcode problem, no followup questions.
- Sysdesign was a engineer who had a completely different sys design style compared to the one I had before. During my earlier sysdesign, the interviewer kept interrupting and telling me what to answer next. For this one, interviewer kept silent most of the time and let me talk to myself most of the interview.
- Behavioural/Deep-dive was again a manager who had a very poor command of English language. I struggled with this one and was probably the one I did poorly on and she kept misunderstanding what I was saying (trying to catch me in lies).
All-in-all I think I did well, but I think they slowed down hiring to the point where you really need a strong hire signal from every interviewer to get an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tech screens:
1. Variations of merging lists (when input is lists, when input is matrices, etc.) lot's of tweaks and followups.
2. System design was design Shopify. Interviewer basically asked me questions and told me what to do next, did not even require a drawing.
Onsite:
1. Coding was 3SUM
2. Sysdesign is to design a system that can manage music and upload them to music streaming services like Shopify.
3. Deep dive was someone asking you to describe your past experience and trying hard to catch you in lies.