Atlassian·Backend Engineer

Atlassian Backend Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

SydneyPosted Dec 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through six rounds over about three months, and I kept getting positive feedback after each interview—one Karat stage, two coding interviews, one system design, and then values/management.

The timeline felt stretched out, but it was reassuring at every checkpoint that my performance was being seen as strong.

Still, I ended up getting told “no hire” because the first coding interview supposedly didn’t display enough technical expertise, despite passing. That contradiction was disheartening because it made the rest of the positive signals feel like they weren’t fully considered.

When I compare how the earlier rounds were received versus the final committee decision, the final reasoning didn’t line up with how I understood my trajectory. I wasn’t offered the role, and the

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