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      Software Engineer Interview

      29 Apr 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Fastly (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2024

      Interview

      Outcome: Ghosted after 5+ hours of face-to-face interviews, no feedback provided • Recruiter Phone Screen [15-30m] • Manager Interview (Technical + Culture Fit) [30-60m] • Virtual Onsite [total 4hr+ with 15m breaks] - Values Interview with HR [30m] - Technical Exercise [45m] - Systems Design [45m] - Testing & Observability [45m] - Debrief [15m] Overall a pretty easy and straightforward interview process. Everyone was very friendly and hyped me up through the whole thing. Was told after the final round during my debrief that I did great, had excellent feedback on my scorecards, and was given an idea of start dates. I was told I would hear back about their decision in 1-2 business days, but they instead chose to ghost me. My recruiter refused to respond to my emails requesting an update and feedback from the interviews.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Describe how you would test a system without using any mocks or test doubles.
      Answer question
      8

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      Software Engineer Interview

      18 Jan 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Vancouver, BC
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Fastly (Vancouver, BC) in Oct 2024

      Interview

      Got an interview with HR, they told me that I basically covered all questions when got asked to talk about myself and that they would let me know a specific day of the next week. They never let me know anything even though I sent following up email. Horrible experience to be ghosted.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Got asked about tell me about yourself, I walked they through my background and briefly about 2 projects I worked on. Asked about if I got laid off in my previous job or what was the reason, and they asked about why Fastly and if I had questions.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      27 Feb 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Fastly in Jan 2024

      Interview

      I had a recruiter chat, then coding screen with the hiring manager, then a full onsite that consisted of a systems chat, a behavioral, and a C knowledge check. Everyone was very nice throughout the process, and helpful. There were no "gotchas" and it felt very collaborative.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      insert a string y into the target string x whenever a specific pattern z is found in the target string
      Answer question
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