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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      25 Apr 2022
      Anonymous employee
      Moscow, Moskva
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at JetBrains (Moscow, Moskva) in Jul 2018

      Interview

      Process consists with one HR interview, one technical interview and week take home technical task. The HR interview was very nice, technical interview was a bit weird cause it seemed like a questions was a bit random from algebra basics to algorithm basics, but fun enough. Take home task was very fun and interesting.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Define what is a matrix eigenvector?
      Answer question
      7

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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      8 Feb 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at JetBrains in Dec 2025

      Interview

      One of the most disrespectful interview processes I have witnessed. They just ghosted me - I wasn't even officially rejected. Before being ghosted, I was stuck in an earlier recruitment step and had to reach to them to clarify if they will continue or not. The tech interview started with the infamous 'reverse the list' question, only to continue to requiring a formal proof of computational complexity! I'm not sure I've ever had a more grotesque situation in my 10+ year career. To balance things up, there was another tech interview that was very pleasant, and included speaking about ways to optimize DB queries and network traffic. Also the HR talk was very pleasant, but as I wrote, they ghosted me, so it occurred they were playing nice only until you seemed useful to them.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      You have a single-linked list. Write code to reverse it.
      Answer question
      2

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      1 Feb 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Munich, Bavaria
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Senior Software Developer Interview

      15 Jun 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at JetBrains in Jan 2025

      Interview

      Behavioral interview with HR, then technical interview. Technical interview was smooth, productive, and very friendly. There were questions about my experience and technical questions about .NET. The next stage was expected to be a take-home assignment, but I got a rejection. The question about what could be improved from my side was completely ignored by HR.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Will we benefit in terms of performance from the linked list nodes being placed next to each other in the memory?
      Answer question

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at JetBrains (Munich, Bavaria) in Dec 2025

      Interview

      The interview process is four steps: 1. First is a recruiter screening call to review background and motivation. 2. Technical DSA problem solving round for 1 hour 3. Technical Project Implementation 4. Final project presentation, where detailed question on the presentation will be asked.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      DSA - Lowest Common Ancestor of a tree. Java - Concurrency questions about ReadWriteLock
      Answer question

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