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      Software Engineer Interview

      15 Jan 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Stack Overflow in Feb 2023

      Interview

      Short interview with around 6 or 7 technical questions about programming. Interviewer was formal and nice. They dodnt talk about salary or benefits in the company. the interview was for a remote position.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      "Can you walk me through how you would design a scalable API for a high-traffic application? What considerations would you make regarding security, performance, and maintainability?"
      Answer question

      Other Software Engineer interview reviews for Stack Overflow

      Software Engineer Interview

      13 Mar 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Stack Overflow

      Interview

      The interview process was challenging, with 4 interviews, multiple of which involved some coding aspect. But it was also very well organised and there was honest feedback at each stage which was really useful and is something you often don't get with larger companies.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design a system to manage a ping pong league
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      26 May 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Stack Overflow

      Interview

      Only had a recruiter call but turned out to be a complete waste of time. Was initially scheduled to talk to the recruiter but she cancel at the last minute. Emailed me to schedule at another time. I promptly replied but took her forever, more than a week to ever reply and reschedule. At this point, kind of knew already the recruiter was not serious. Once the time came for the rescheduled call. She was late and seems like she was mailing it in in terms of the call, reading off almost verbatim what the company does. Barely asked me anything about myself except what's already on my resume. Even when it was my time to talk, could tell she was barely paying any attention. Got rejected the next day after the call that asked me nothing she couldn't get from my resume. So just a complete waste of time from a flakey unprofessional recruiter. From my interview experiences so far with other companies, all were a whole lot better than my brief experience with Stack overflow.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Repeat what you did on my submitted resume
      Answer question
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