Extreme Networks Backend Engineer interview experience

It started with a phone screening, and then the remaining four rounds happened onsite in person. Each round lasted roughly an hour to an hour and a half, and the structure stayed pretty consistent: a coding question each round (mostly in the “NC150” style range), plus backend-focused questions and some theoretical system-design concepts alongside things from my resume.

By the time I was through all the rounds, I expected the budget to be the least surprising part of the process, but once I quoted my salary, the conversation shifted fast. They told me they weren’t sure about hiring and that