Honey 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 Honey.
Honey
Software Engineer
Mid Easy Positive experience No offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Phone screen Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral Coding
The interview journey kicked off with a phone screen conducted by the Director of Engineering, which included both technical and behavioral elements. Following that, there was a full day comprising five rounds of interviews, focusing on technical and behavioral aspects. Overall, the process felt quite positive, from the initial contact with the recruiter to the engineers and managers I interacted with. I ended up not getting the offer because of a headcount reduction, and also because my recent experience as a manager meant I hadn't been coding actively for a couple of years, which I felt was a reasonable explanation.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Could you explain why you're interested in Honey?
- Write a function to detect a cycle in a linked list.
- Implement a min stack data structure.
Honey
Software Engineer
Intern Easy Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Technical System Design Behavioral
So, it was a pretty standard interview process. First, a recruiter called me to chat about my background, skills, and why I was interested in Honey. Then, I got a link to a Codility test to check my basic coding and algorithms/data structures knowledge. After I passed that, I had an onsite interview. It was two back-to-back interviews, each about an hour long in the afternoon. The first one was a typical algorithm whiteboarding problem, so definitely brush up on Leetcode and Cracking the Coding Interview and get comfy writing code on a whiteboard. The second interview was more about systems design – they asked me what personal project I'd build in a weekend and how I'd implement it. Both interviews also touched on cultural fit and gave me time to ask questions at the end. The whole thing was super smooth, and the recruiters were always on top of things.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What would you build if you had a weekend to create something?
Honey
Senior Software Developer
Senior Difficult Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call
Interview formats
Behavioral
Had a 30-minute call with the recruiter, and then I had to follow up with my portfolio. It felt very serious and formal. Had a 30-minute call with the recruiter, and then I had to follow up with my portfolio. It felt very serious and formal.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Tell me about your process.
- Describe your management style.
Honey Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Honey interview reports.
“Implement the string to integer (atoi) function, covering edge cases like -2147000000 and 2147000000.”
Read reports →“Write a function to detect a cycle in a linked list.”
Read reports →“What header in HTTP controls caching?”
Read reports →“For a given number, can you determine if the sum of the squares of its digits eventually results in 1?”
Read reports →“Implement a min stack data structure.”
Read report →“Can you use es6 to make an array of promise calls?”
Read report →“Can you find two numbers in an array that add up to a specific value?”
Read report →“Could you detail the various HTTP status code categories?”
Read report →“How does a client establish a connection with an API?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 24 Honey interview reports.