CCoursera·Software Engineer

Coursera Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Mountain View, CAPosted Oct 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied and the first real gate was a HackerRank assessment, but it set the tone for how the rest of the process would feel—confusing, a little messy, and definitely time-consuming.

I did two technical coding challenges on HackerRank. They weren’t necessarily the hardest problems, but the descriptions were long, and the second phase felt like it consumed more time than the hour I was given. I could tell they expected efficiency as much as correctness.

After that, I ended up in a phone screen and then a five-hour onsite. The onsite sounded organized on paper, but the execution felt uneven. One interviewer claimed to be an engineering manager but also said they weren’t, and I remember noticing that none of the interviewers seemed to have reviewed my resume beforehand.

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?

Coursera 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 Coursera interview guidesEvery role we cover at this company