Safaricom·Software Engineer

Safaricom Software Engineer interview experience

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NairobiPosted Sep 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a fairly direct set of technical interviews that felt both smooth and intense.

After the initial steps, I faced coding-style questions where the format centered on LeetCode-style problems—two medium questions—and then a system design question. The difficulty matched the feeling of “okay, then it ramps up,” where getting the early answers right didn’t mean the rest would be easy.

The whole journey stretched out to around six weeks, and it wasn’t just technical—communication and scheduling were part of the experience too. I also noticed that feedback timing took longer than I expected, which made me wait while I was still expecting an answer.

Interviews were

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