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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Oct 5, 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience

      Other Senior Software Engineer interview reviews for AppFolio

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 4, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at AppFolio in Sep 2022

      Interview

      Had 4 (!!!) rounds of leetcode style technical interviews, each one slightly more difficult than the previous. The final interview was with the head of engineering and lasted about an hour and a half. I solved all of the questions in the ~35-45 minutes I had but was told in the feedback that I didn't solve them fast enough and that there were additional (!!!) questions after solving those. That and that my philosophy on testing didn't cover *all* the reasons to test, just some of them (a bit pedantic of a reason to not hire in my personal opinion as it is not as if I am against testing in some shape or form). I did talk through all of my thought processes and edge case situations but it seems they are more focused on getting to an answer faster than the thought processes and discussion around what I am doing. Overall everyone I interviewed with was super friendly and the process was very organized but after going through 4 rounds of technical interviews (even FAANG doesn't do 4 rounds of technical interviews...) just to receive this type of feedback is a bit disappointing.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Leetcode and what is your philosophy on testing
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      AppFolio response
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      We value your time and are sorry to hear that your interview experience was below our standard. We are committed to taking this feedback and continuously improving our process. Thank you for taking the time to write a review and we wish you the best.

      I interviewed at AppFolio

      Interview

      The process consisted of a recruiter phone screen, followed by two technical interviews and a final panel interview with the hiring manager and team members. The entire process took about three weeks. Communication was clear throughout, and the team was responsive and professional.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time you had to deal with a difficult stakeholder and how you handled it.
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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Oct 30, 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Denver, CO
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at AppFolio (Denver, CO) in Oct 2025

      Interview

      I recently completed a 75-minute screening that included: 2–3 behavioral questions 5 rapid-fire system-design questions a 45-minute coding round and a short window for me to ask questions The technical questions were fairly straightforward, and I felt confident in my responses — clear, structured, and technically sound. While I haven’t received feedback yet, my best guess is that my rejection may have stemmed from the Q&A portion. I asked a few candid questions about the product vision, team culture, and growth opportunities — the kind of questions I believe any thoughtful engineer should ask when evaluating a team. Some of these seemed to catch the interviewers off guard, which might have left a mixed impression. Still, the engineers were pleasant, and the overall experience was positive. The only downside is the lack of feedback — something that always makes it difficult to learn what truly went wrong. Sometimes, teams might already have an internal candidate or be interviewing for formality’s sake — though that may not be the case here, the absence of closure leaves room for guesswork.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Behavioral What is a complex project you worked on? What is your team composition and what is your role?
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      Question 2

      Questions: 1. A few hot properties are fetched 10k times/sec from the database — what will you do to withstand load? 2. A report runs complex SQL queries and is straining the production database. 3. How do you provide secure communication between two messaging clients? 4. Your app server is throttling on CPU and memory — what will you do?
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      Question 3

      OOPS design of Remote Control
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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Nov 17, 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Santa Barbara, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AppFolio (Santa Barbara, CA) in Oct 2025

      Interview

      The interview process has 5 steps. The first step of the interview process is with the recruiter. If this goes well you will have to schedule a technical assessment with engineers in the company. I was only able to get to the technical interview phase of which I thought went decently well. The interview was will ask you a series of systems interview questions and then you have to solve up a coding problem. I did solve the coding problem and the interviewer close the call. I waited over a week to hear back from my results and j never received a follow up from the recruiter. I reached out via email to follow up with the recruiters and still no response. I then decide to call the recruiter and it seems like she forgot about me. For other developers who are applying for this company, be careful as it seems like they like to ghost people during the process. I wouldn’t waste my time.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Basic system design questions were asked even though it was for a mobile role. Coding questions consisted of parsing out strings to simulate command line instructions.
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