Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Foursquare as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Engineer and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Foursquare takes an average of 26 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 26 days), whereas Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 26 days).
4 rounds of interview
Met with recruiter then other parts of the IT team. All done virtually. Were very flexible with interview time. Applied online and was contacted by them and recruiting team was very communicative.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Foursquare (San Francisco, CA) in May 2025
Interview
3 rounds: Initial screening with IT manager, 2nd round was a technical interview with the IT team. 3rd round was mentioned but it was not clear who it would be with
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic interview questions as well as enterprise IT support technical knowledge checks. Questions about Google meet hardware and workspace troubleshooting.
The interview process consisted of a recruiter screen
A basic technical screen
A coding interview with a sister team
An AWS knowelge interview with someone in infra
And then an interview where you get to ask questions to the hiring manager
Did not get an offer but they gave very detailed feedback at the end!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between encryption and hashing?