I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Reddit (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
Pretty standard recruiting process, but they move pretty fast and efficient. Spoke to a recruiter, then had a technical phonescreen followed by an onsite, all within 1.5 weeks. This has been one of the most pleasant interview experience I had. People were very nice and seemed happy about their jobs. Non-stressful atmosphere. Interview questions are similar to what you get at other tech companies in the Bay Area, nothing crazy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can't disclose. Brush up on CS fundamentals and system design. Trees, heaps, recursion, know how to do DFS.
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Interview questions [1]
Question 1
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I applied online. I interviewed at Reddit in Nov 2025
Interview
The process started with a recruiter screen followed by a technical phone interview focused on coding and problem solving. After that, there were two rounds of technical interviews with senior engineers — one centered on system design and another on algorithms and data structures. The final round was a behavioral interview about teamwork, communication, and past project experience. Overall the process was structured and professional, though somewhat slow to schedule.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to design a rate limiter that supports multiple APIs and handles different request quotas per user efficiently.