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Asana interview questions

From 9 candidate accounts, updated Oct 12, 2026

Candidate accounts
9
Rounds on average
1.6
Fewest and most rounds
1 to 3
Open roles at Asana
102

How the loop works

This guide draws on 9 first-hand interview accounts from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 2 rounds on average, most often a take-home task, a phone screen and technical interviews.

These 9 writeups cover data, software engineering roles. All of them were posted under a forum handle, so we could not verify the authors’ identities.

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Interview experiences at Asana

Role not stated

Not selected

unknown. 1 round. Shared by Jormundir on hn, 2016-03-29

  1. 1Onsite interviewsTechnicalOne database problem followed by several academic algorithm questions.Covered: Database design, Algorithms

Product Engineer

Outcome not shared

unknown. 1 round. Shared by colinsidoti on hn, 2012-01-20

  1. 1InterviewsFinalCandidate came away without a clear idea of what they would actually be building.

What Asana is hiring for now

102 open roles in our index. Advertised pay floors run $164k to $248k (median $202k, from 45 postings that state pay).

Most-posted roles

  • Developer Advocate3
  • Corporate Account Executive3
  • GM, Product - Command2
  • Corporate Account Executive - Dutch Speaking2
  • Forward Deployed Engineer, Command by Asana2
  • Lead Product Manager, Enterprise Services Management2

Top locations

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  • Vancouver19
  • Warsaw17
  • New York City9
  • Dublin6

Asana interviews: FAQ

What is the interview process like at Asana?
This guide draws on 9 first-hand interview accounts from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 2 rounds on average, most often a take-home task, a phone screen and technical interviews.
What topics does Asana test in interviews?
Commonly reported topics include Algorithms, SQL, Feature importance, Statistical modeling, Database design, News feed ranking.

These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often. Treat this as directional prep, not a script.