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      Software Engineer Interview

      6 July 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Invitae in June 2021

      Interview

      I heard back from a recruiter pretty quickly after applying. We set up a online coding assessment which was relatively straightforward. It was domain specific (you don’t need to know anything about genetics though) and you needed to pass a bunch of test cases that you could not view. I did not pass all the test cases and still moved to the next round. Next was a call with the hiring manager. This was a mix of technical and behavioral questions where they are feeling out of you are a good fit. After that we set up a final round soon after. This consisted of 5 rounds - behavior, two live coding, system design, and one for you to ask questions. One thing to consider is that Invitae does not hire for a specific role (at least not in my case). So I went through the entire process without knowing which team/role would be placed in. Additionally, there company has a process where they move people around from team to team based on current needs - some employees expressed that this can be jarring moving roles every year or two, but others seemed to like it. All in all, the offer/benefits were good but not quite as good as what you might get with a big tech company. Stock definitely has a ton of room for growth.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Explain REST in your own words.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      29 Mar 2021
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Invitae

      Interview

      First up, initial phone screen with a recruiter. My recruiter was polite, and if you actively engage in conversation this call shouldn't be a problem. I've seen some reviews that say the recruiters were unprofessional - I can't speak to that, mine was good through the process. Next up, HackerRank. Yes, they use HackerRank. No, these problems aren't always the best way to show your competency. But this is the pattern a lot of companies use these days. I was pleased to see the problem's subject was actually related to Invitae's domain, and not some contrived problem completely unrelated to the business. No, this problem doesn't spell out word-for-word what it's looking for. Part of this problem is being able to derive the actual requirements based on some instruction. This is similar to how you might do actual work where a product stakeholder is giving requirements - they aren't going to give you the technical details. That's your job. I'd recommend at least getting familiar with HackerRank and how to debug effectively on the platform, that will save you. I was able to complete all test cases, but with only about 1 minute left - although a perfect score isn't needed to continue in the process. Just do the best you can. The recruiter gave me plenty of time to complete this step, and worked around busy holiday schedules and other work timing obligations. Next up was a call with a director. They will have seen your HackerRank submission, and might talk briefly about it. Otherwise, this call is more of an initial technical evaluation. This isn't a problem solving call (mine wasn't anyway), but they want to know what you've worked on, what you enjoy, and evaluate how you might fit in their org. Assuming all goes well, last step is the zoom-based technical & cultural interview. Total time is around 6 hours I think, but they can split it into multiple days if that works better for your schedule (I did this over two days). My Day 1 was all code. As others mention, they give you a link to a repo 24 hours ahead of the interview. You should really use some time to glance over this, just to get familiar with what's going on. If you haven't looked at the code before the interview, you will 100% get slowed down immediately. You will be working tickets on a trello board, and you are free to pick whatever you want. Some are frontend focused, some are backend, some are more ops/architectural. During the pair-coding, the key here is to keep talking. Speak out your thought process as you work, and don't be afraid to ask for some guidance if you get stuck. They are there to work with you, but ultimately you need to be supplying the direction. Next up for me was the cultural interview. Talk, ask questions, be interested and interesting. If you can hold a conversation without making a serious hiccup, you should be fine here. My final interview was a design/architectural based interview. The format of this was a little difficult, (google slides isn't a great technical interview medium) but my interviewer was very polite and had no problems clarifying or answering any questions I asked. This interview is more system level, and a basic understanding of Relational DBs and cloud architecture will go far here. "How does this button I click here translate to an order submitted way over here?" If you can answer those full-stack types of questions, then this will be pretty straight-forward. After that, I heard back with an offer in the next 1-2 weeks. Overall, this interview is not easy. But it is fairly thorough and I think they have a fair understanding of your capabilities by the end.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you go about testing a JavaScript React Component? Tell me about a time you got pushback from a team or coworker on something you did? How did you handle that?
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      6

      Software Engineer Interview

      18 Mar 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Los Angeles, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. I interviewed at Invitae (Los Angeles, CA) in Mar 2021

      Interview

      Beware of this before applying to this company. They don't know what they are looking for. I applied to the position software engineer role and was moved to the onsite video interview. I was then told they wanted to consider me senior software engineer, but I need to take an extra coding assignment. The requirement of the assignment is vague and they won't tell you what the answer is. I finished the assignment the day I received and told them I finished. A week ago I was told the implementation is wrong and I am not a good match. There are so many reg flags I can see here. 1. They want you to complete task as soon as possible but they won't serioulsy review your project and they need you to have a correct answer without telling you what the ouptut is. 2. Typically, when it comes to the decision of leveling, I believe one more round with manager should be better than asking you to complete the stupid assignment. 3. Be aware that the interviewers in pair programming is questioning you every single step you do. They are not there to co-work with you. They don't trust you. Pair programming is so stupid because I thought myself to be a software engineer candidate to interivew, which is why I think the decision I made needs to be discuseed with interviewer before making any conclusion. But then they told me I wasn't able to be a senior so I was requested to do an extra assignment. 1st round. Online coding test 2nd round: Talk with HR Onsite interivew round: - pair programming 1 - pair programming 2 - technical exercise - behavioral questions - Q&A

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Q1. In pair programming interview, go pick any ticket you want in the trello board. And the telling you you are not qualified because the ticket you picked is so easy and you made a silly mistake even though you solve it immediately. Extra Coding Assignment: - go fxck yourself and I won't tell you the right answer. - You are not the good match then because your answer isn't correct.
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