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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Aug 8, 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at HBO (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      Talked to a recruiter who set up the first round. Since I was local, I was given the option to have the screening round on site. The interviewer was pleasant and asked a lot of questions about my projects and coding approach, after that he asked a moderately hard question about trees for which I was able to come up with couple of approaches but wasn't able to crack properly. I got a call for the 2nd round, which consisted of a panel interview and followed by a bunch of regular 1:1 technical rounds. The panel interview was high pressure and the interviewers seemed to enjoy grilling me about projects and soft skills questions. I had 3 more rounds of tech interviews with moderate to hard questions after which I was told that I wasn't a good fit for the job. The second set of interviewers were not really helpful or offering hints during the interview and I felt one of them purposely led me to a wrong path during one of the questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Trees, 2d Array questions. They want you to code the solution that you are confident will work instead of trying to optimize for time/memory. Also, use lots of example before starting to code.
      Answer question
      6

      Other Senior Software Engineer interview reviews for HBO

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Mar 23, 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at HBO in Mar 2021

      Interview

      Recruiter emailed me after 1 month and he was very helpful in scheduling first round of interview 2 people. This is the worst interview I have been in past 10 years or so. I felt like interrogating instead of interviewing. Questions are completely meaningless. I would prefer not to join in such team even offered.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Cannot disclose due to NDA
      Answer question

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Dec 1, 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Seattle, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HBO (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2016

      Interview

      1.5 Phone screening with behavioral, design and coding question Onsite consists of - Panel interview with 2 engineers and manager - Coding interview - Coding interview - Design interview - Offer same day if you did well

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      It's been a while, don't remember but it was as hard as Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft or Google
      Answer question

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