Hawaiian Airlines Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Hawaiian Airlines.
Hawaiian Airlines
Software Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience Accept offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Onsite Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
I got an email for a phone screening and they got back to me the next day. They asked about my technical background. Then a couple days later, I had a video conference interview that was about an hour. They asked technical questions and gave me 2 coding challenges at the end. Early the next week, I got an email to come to Hawaii for in-person interviews. They flew me out the following week and I had 3 interviews scheduled right after my flight. The interviews were 30min, 1hr, and 1hr. For the last two, I had to do coding challenges on a whiteboard. All the interviews started with me explaining my experience. Everyone was helpful and kind throughout the process. I got an offer before the week ended after I got back from Hawaii.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Could you write a function to demonstrate modularity?
- Can you create a function that takes two strings and checks if the second string is a substring of the first?
- Please solve the Fizz Buzz problem.
Hawaiian Airlines
Software Engineer
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite Background check
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
A recruiter from Hawaiian Airlines contacted me about 2.5 months after I applied. The recruiter first described the company, the role, and the interview process, mentioning they were trying to fill the position quickly. Next, I interviewed with two Software Engineers (mid/senior level) who asked a lot of technical questions covering OOP concepts, Data Structures, and some scenario-based questions. After that, I had a third round with two interviews: one with the technical team and one with the hiring managers. Both lasted an hour and were mostly technical, with one coding challenge. Despite doing well in the interviews, I disliked the company due to the lack of communication afterward. The recruiter went silent and didn't respond to my follow-ups for 6 weeks. This lack of communication after dedicating 3-4 hours to the interview process is a major red flag, and I'd advise others to avoid this company based on my experience.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Regarding a piece of JS code, what can you tell me about scope?
Hawaiian Airlines
Software Engineer
Entry Easy Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
I applied online and the whole thing took about a month. First, I talked to an HR person over the phone (they were outsourced). Then, I had two web interviews where they asked me technical questions. The last step was an in-person interview. It was a bit strange because I could answer all the programming questions, but they said I didn't get the job because others had better programming skills. It's a weird excuse since they just opened a new office and could use more developers, but whatever. At least I got a free trip to Hawaii out of it, which is the main good thing.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Can you validate a phone number?
- Code a program to print numbers 1 to 100, replacing multiples of three with 'Fizz', multiples of five with 'Buzz', and multiples of both three and five with 'FizzBuzz'.
- For a given integer array containing exactly 4 unique numbers, like 1 2 5 8, what is the count for each of those numbers?
Hawaiian Airlines Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Hawaiian Airlines interview reports.
“Write a function that determines if a given string is a palindrome.”
Read reports →“Write a function that returns the largest number in an array.”
Read reports →“Can you check if a string is a palindrome?”
Read reports →“Create a function to get the remainder of a division problem (The % operator but do it manually).”
Read reports →“Can you create a function that takes two strings and checks if the second string is a substring of the first?”
Read report →“Write a Fizzbuzz function that takes numbers 0-100 and returns those divisible by 3, those divisible by 5, and those divisible by both 3 and 5.”
Read report →“Given an integer array with any numbers, can you provide an array of unique numbers along with their counts?”
Read report →“Can you validate a phone number?”
Read report →“How do you reverse an integer?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 17 Hawaiian Airlines interview reports.