Software Engineer I applicants have rated the interview process at Pinterest with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer I roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Pinterest overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Pinterest as a Software Engineer I according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Phone interview: 38%
Personality test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
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Surprisingly easy compared to what I expected from a company like Pinterest. The technical interview consisted of two coding questions, one about reconstructing routes from unordered travel tickets and another on implementing a Sparse Matrix class. Honestly, I felt a bit underwhelmed. What helped me most in prep was studying the case studies on PracHub, which gave me good frameworks to think through problems. I did get an offer, but I ultimately declined because I was looking for a more challenging environment.
Recruiter call, tech round, onsite and rejection call. They sent me an email about a week after the last onsite and asked me to schedule a call on the same day. I scheduled a call to listen 30 second long rejection notice. A half of interview rounds were horrible. Interviewers were not prepared and arrogant.
1st round technical phone screening with in 1 hour.
One follow up question was asked.
The problem was not too hard, but it requires you finish really fast without bugs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode 1564. Put Boxes Into the Warehouse I.
Follow up: what is maximum total box sizes.