I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at NIKE (Shanghai, Shanghai) in Feb 2025
Interview
After passing the online assessment, I was remotely interviewed for a software engineer position in Shanghai, China in Chinese. The interview questions and experience were terrible, and they were very much in line with the bad stereotype of technical job interviews in China. The three interviewers' questions were very dogmatic and rigid, and they expected the successful interviewee to memorize all the computer theory knowledge. Rather than looking for an engineer who can solve problems, they are looking for a candidate who has successfully stood out in the Chinese college entrance examination system.
There are several rounds of technical interviews with different senior engineers and the hiring manager on the team. A minimum of one behavioral interview where it is very important to highlight why Nike compared to other companies specifically.
Recruiter screen then technical interview (classic leetcode style questions) then an Engineering expertise (work history and technologies used) interview and Behavioral (how you work with people and approach situations) interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function that takes a string of words and return number of times each word appears in string
I had 2 tech rounds, 1 director round, and 1 round with the HR. Everyone on the panel was kind and encouraging. The discussion was targetting towards understanding the canddate rather then looking for reasons why they wont be a good fit.