Headlands Technologies 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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First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Headlands Technologies.
Headlands Technologies
Software Engineer
Mid Difficult Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding
Got contacted by a recruiter from a third party. Then I received an online assessment (OA) on Hackerrank. The coding challenge was about LeetCode Medium-Hard difficulty. The main challenge wasn't the algorithm itself, which was pretty standard, but the strict time limit and the need to handle I/O parsing and validation. In a real job, this part is minor, but here it took up way too much time to implement. I spent too much effort on I/O instead of the algorithm and couldn't finish it within the time limit. It seems like these companies really value speed and look for competitive programmers rather than actual software engineers.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Expect coding problems similar to LeetCode Medium difficulty, with the added challenge of handling input/output.
Headlands Technologies
Software Engineer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Phone screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
The overall process felt fair. The first round was pretty tough. It started with a HackerRank challenge that was medium to hard, more tough due to the time limit than the actual question, but I passed. Then I had a one-on-one with a developer. The interviewer was nice and seemed engaged, really representing the company well. The questions weren't basic definitions, but more about data structures (STL specifically) and very open-ended problems like why code might be slow or how to approach debugging with different tools. I didn't move on after the second round because I wasn't as prepared as I should have been. I asked for feedback on how to improve but never heard back.
Confirmed questions7 questions
- HackerRank questions - Medium to hard difficulty with a time crunch.
- STL-related questions.
- Comfortable with data-structures.
Headlands Technologies
Software Engineer
Entry Difficult Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
Had a couple of rounds. First one was a graph problem with some C++ questions, asked why I wanted to work at this company and specifically in trading. Second round, it was mostly about introducing myself, why the company, some behavioral questions and a brainteaser. No coding in the second round, and I didn't make it past that.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- graph problem
- self introduction, why company, BQ, brainteaser, no coding, failed
Headlands Technologies Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Headlands Technologies interview reports.
“Can you decompose a graph into its components?”
Read reports →“Why is some people's code slow?”
Read reports →“Can you describe an algorithm to check if an input string matches a given text pattern?”
Read reports →“What are the advantages and disadvantages of using various data structures?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the time complexities related to different data structures?”
Read report →“Can you solve a basic C++ coding problem involving data structures?”
Read report →“What's your approach to removing dead code from a large codebase?”
Read report →“Tell me about networks and protocols.”
Read report →“How do you go about finding bugs?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 20 Headlands Technologies interview reports.