F5 Networks·Software Engineer

F5 Networks Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

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United StatesPosted Mar 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Early on, I received a coding challenge with a handful of questions that covered a wide spread of topics.

One set included everything from HTML to knowledge of C, along with basic coding tasks. The other round I saw had the same general vibe—multiple questions with a broad mix of subjects rather than one narrow problem area.

The challenge felt genuinely difficult for me, and I kept coming back to the idea that practice on platforms like HackerRank would have helped. When I compared it to typical interview exercises, it wasn’t just memorization or one-off tricks; it forced me to switch contexts quickly.

In the end, I didn’t get an offer, but I left with a clearer sense that their bar was mostly

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