I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at AppDynamics (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2016
Interview
Standard phone screening with a principal or sr. engineer. On site with 3 engineers and 1 engineering manager asking questions.
Interviewers were friendly enough to explain what their challenges are and architectural components.
Was excited about the offer and the sign on bonus.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design questions about a service that would be counting likes and dislikes, and how to handle millions of hits per second as well as protect against DDoS.
Design a test framework that would execute and handle the test results.
Basic string manipulation whiteboard coding questions.
Multiple interview rounds. 2 technical then 1 manager and then the last round is hr round. Technical rounds are generally not very difficult. They will quiz on subjects like algorithms , dsa , operating system
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at AppDynamics (Bengaluru) in Oct 2021
Interview
5 rounds of interviews, experienced people, medium level difficulty, 4 coding round + 1 hr round
Was given some time before the interviews for preparation
Before the interviews had an online round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly lc type dsa related problems, little twisted
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AppDynamics in Aug 2021
Interview
Clear and cogent process, but it takes time.
Had a initial Hiring Manager round, then a standard coding round, then 4 onsite rounds.
Onsite round was a mix of problem solving, system design and API implementations.
Everyone was super friendly throughout and never made me nervous.