Headout Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 14 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Headout.
Headout
Software Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Take home Presentation Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Presentation System Design
The interview process involved a 1st round online assessment, followed by a 2nd round AI hackathon. The 3rd round was a presentation where I had to show the HLD and LLD of a project I made. The 4th round, lasting about 45 minutes, required me to code and present a working solution for a Low Level Design question given on the spot.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Could you provide a low-level design for a project, and are we free to choose the programming language?
- What are your in-depth knowledge and experience with backend technologies and frameworks?
Headout
Software Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Take home
Interview formats
Coding System Design Technical
The interview process kicked off with introductions from the interviewer. Candidates were then asked to implement a feature related to their existing assignment. They were also presented with a challenge to render a list of 1000 items and some low-level design questions. The initial shortlisting was based on an assignment, followed by two elimination rounds.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Implement a feature in the given assignment
- How to render a list of 1000 items
- Low-level design questions
Headout
Software Developer
Lead Easy Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
System Design Technical
As seen in other reviews, the interview process at Headout isn't great. A few reasons for this is the lack of experienced employees, both in terms of years and exploration of new tech and architecture, and their ignorance to better solutions. That said, I noticed a common pattern of solution-driven interviews. This means they wanted to hear the solution they already knew. They weren't open to alternative or better solutions. When they heard a better solution than what they knew, they would randomly change the problem statement, which wasn't even a proper extension of the original problem. Based on multiple other reviews, I suspect they couldn't even grasp the solutions. They weren't open to recommendations or discussions. They neither admitted fault in the solutions they suggested nor were they open to discussing the pros and cons of each approach. Another critical reason is the wide experience gap among employees in different positions. This means a senior employee is at least 2-3 years senior to their immediate junior, and I feel this leads to a narrow solution capacity for most employees who have been working there for over 2 years, and they can't grasp solutions discussed outside their Headout 'syllabus'. P.S. It might still be a good organization for freshers or people switching from early-stage startups or service companies, but not for 'experienced' developers who have worked on challenging problems before.
Confirmed questions8 questions
- Can you design a Low-Level Design for Splitwise?
- How would you handle a 3-way split for an amount that cannot be divided evenly?
- Using graphs, how can we simplify transactions among a group of friends?
Headout Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Headout interview reports.
“How to render a list of 1000 items”
Read reports →“Can you find the local minima of an array?”
Read reports →“Can you find if there are three numbers in an array such that they are in increasing order and their indices are also in increasing order?”
Read reports →“The job scheduler needs to display logs, but not the logs detailing what happened to the jobs. How can this be achieved?”
Read reports →“How would you implement a deep copy for objects in JavaScript?”
Read report →“How would you store queries but not actually store the query data itself?”
Read report →“Using graphs, how can we simplify transactions among a group of friends?”
Read report →“What if we were to use an in-house translation engine for the async translation management system?”
Read report →“The job scheduler should schedule jobs in one location, but the respective services need to execute them. How would this work?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 14 Headout interview reports.