Visa Inc. Software Engineer interview experience (2025)

Visa Inc. Software Engineer interview experience

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San Francisco, CAPosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for a Software Engineer Platform-as-a-Service role with a recruiter-led scheduling timeline and a behavioral-then-coding flow, and I was ultimately rejected.

Recruiter screen — they explained the schedule and indicated behavioral first, then coding.
Behavioral + role-fit — I talked through my resume/experience and answered hypothetical questions tied to my role, with lots of Kubernetes, cluster, and debugging topics.
Coding round — mid-level tasks including top-K frequent and an LRU caching style problem; I coded and then walked through my reasoning.
Scheduling/constraints note — I was warned that CodeSignal constraints matter. Outcome: I didn’t get to an offer, but the main lesson was that explaining trade-offs and

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Visa Inc. Software Engineer interview experience

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