VMware·Software Engineer

VMware Software Engineer interview experience

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BengaluruPosted Sep 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview process started with a HackerRank-style screening that lasted about 75 minutes and included two problems.

Both had extra credit for efficiency, and while they weren’t traditional data-structures-and-algorithms questions, they were still very much about reasoning through interesting problem-solving scenarios. I then had a Zoom video conversation with the hiring manager where I talked through my previous work: the role, team context, what I personally contributed, and the architecture and design of a project.

From there, the hiring manager pushed deeper on pain points in the existing design and how I’d improve it. I was also asked to explain architecture choices, design patterns, and database

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