DigitalOcean·Systems Engineer

DigitalOcean Systems Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Positive

New York, NYPosted Sep 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for Software Engineer using a mostly remote, engineer-heavy flow where I had to think through technical problems and also talk clearly about teamwork and system design.

Difficulty felt average to difficult depending on the round.

Recruiter call — I started with a recruiter conversation.
Hiring manager call — I met the hiring manager for technical concepts and how I work.
Engineer technical screen — I did a technical screen that included system design and coding a class from requirements.
Team interviews / multiple engineers — I went through additional conversations with engineers, including distributed-systems discussion and behavioral questions.
Back-to-back hangouts / code review & design — In the more demanding variant, I had

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