Backend Engineer
Not selectedunknown. 1 round. Shared by Jach on hn, 2018-02-06
- 1InterviewBehavioralInterviewers asked about the candidate's college GPA.Covered: College GPA
From 2 candidate accounts, updated Oct 12, 2026
This guide draws on 2 first-hand interview accounts from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 1 round on average, most often behavioral interviews and technical interviews.
These 2 writeups cover software engineering roles. All of them were posted under a forum handle, so we could not verify the authors’ identities.
unknown. 1 round. Shared by Jach on hn, 2018-02-06
Internship. 1 round. Shared by buildbot on hn, 2022-08-12
1,812 open roles in our index. Advertised pay floors run $99k to $157k (median $131k, from 1184 postings that state pay).
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.