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      Software Engineer Interview

      5 Feb 2013
      Anonymous employee
      San Francisco, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Zendesk (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2012

      Interview

      They were friendly and prompt in interviewing. I interviewed with most of the team I would be working with, one at a time. They gave me a few skills tests of various kinds, high level and low level. The hiring manager walked me around the office, introducing me to people and, clearly, was evaluating my personality and culture fit with the rest of the team and company. They were very excited to answer each and every question I had, be it about the benefits, job, work, company, people, org structure, or even how teams fit together and who calls the shots when it comes to infrastructure/development decisions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Nothing too difficult unusual. Code up some quick system monitors using a language of my choice. Whip out a design for a large 3-tier application. Juggle some data structures.
      Answer question
      16

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      Software Engineer Interview

      6 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Dublin, Dublin
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zendesk (Dublin, Dublin) in Apr 2026

      Interview

      It was a four-round interview: 1. HR screen call 2. Hiring manager 3. Technical 4. One more behavioral interview After just the HR recruiter's call, they assigned a meeting for the hiring manager. One day before, they cancelled it.

      Software Engineer Interview

      24 Feb 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Tallinn
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Zendesk (Tallinn) in Jan 2026

      Interview

      First interview was with HR rep, second one with a technical team lead. There was supposedly a third interview with another technical manager or something, but it seemed they had already a strong candidate in mind, so after second interview I immediately got an email that they had gone the other way.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you optimise a slow SQL query?
      Answer question

      Software Developer I Interview

      29 Oct 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zendesk

      Interview

      The interview process was straight forward. The process moved quickly across the different stages of the hiring process. Questions were related to the job and it's requirements instead of being generic questions

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