Atlassian·Software Engineer

Atlassian Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Neutral

MelbournePosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The coding challenge I got was centered on designing a custom rate limiter.

The constraint that made it tough was that I wasn’t allowed to use any off-the-shelf solutions, so I had to design the logic and write the implementation from scratch.

Because it wasn’t just “solve the algorithm,” I had to think through how the rate limiting behavior would work and translate that into code without relying on existing libraries. The task pushed me into a more careful design mode than typical coding rounds.

I didn’t get an offer, and the main reflection I had afterward was that the challenge tested implementation depth as much as reasoning, and the no-library constraint

Create a free Dataford account to unlock the full round-by-round breakdown, the questions asked and the outcome.

Read the full report Read the full report

Preparing for this interview?

Atlassian Software Engineer interview guideThe full process, round by round, with the question bank Practice Software Engineer interview questionsReal questions from this role across companies All Atlassian interview guidesEvery role we cover at this company