NetApp·Software Engineer

NetApp Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My Software Engineer interview at NetApp started with a recruiter/HR screen, and then I moved into technical rounds focused heavily on data structures and algorithms, with some system-ish context.

In the first round, I had a quick introduction and a discussion of my current work, and the interviewer also covered basic cloud concepts—specifically questions around what “KU” is.

The technical portion included several LeetCode-style problems. I was asked to implement an LRU cache, reverse a linked list or detect loops in one, and find the first and last positions of a target in a sorted array. The round felt like a test of how clearly I could explain my approach while working through standard patterns, not just whether I could get to the final answer.

I didn’t come away shocked by the

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