Indeed Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

It started with a screening by a third-party company, involving an easy/medium Hackerrank programming challenge. Then, there were a few rounds of easy/medium programming exercises with two engineers, one leading and the other observing. The final stage was a more casual, resume-based Q&A with two principal engineers. The interviewers were punctual, friendly, and supportive, and clearly knowledgeable in their field, offering hints and guidance on the programming exercises when needed.

The interview had two main parts. First, a Karat interview where I chose 3 topics and they asked questions, and I solved two coding problems. Second, an onsite interview with two whiteboard sessions. The first was a graph-based coding problem using DFS. I solved it quickly and discussed time complexity. The interviewer modified the graph to see if my solution still worked, which it did, though I made a small mistake in complexity calculation that I corrected. The second whiteboard session was system design for a company review system. I asked clarifying questions, did some calculations, and explained my technology choices. Afterwards, I asked for feedback, and the interviewer seemed positive. A couple of days later, HR told me the interview didn't go well and I wasn't proceeding. I asked for detailed feedback but got none. Then I got a rejection email, still no feedback. It's frustrating because so much time is invested, and it would be helpful to know where to improve.

The interview process was pretty clear and the recruiter laid it all out. First, there's a recruiter screen to see if you're a good fit. If they like you, you'll get a chance to do a Karat interview. This is basically a Leetcode-style coding test done virtually, but outsourced to Karat. You'll be in Karat's editor trying to solve harder problems in about 50 minutes. Try for 3, but at least nail 2. Karat sends Indeed a video of your interview and their thoughts. A cool thing is, if you mess up, you can retake it. If Indeed is happy with your Karat results, you'll do a virtual onsite. This is usually 4-5 interviews back-to-back with different people from different teams, with 2-3 interviewers each. My super day had two Indeed whiteboard sessions, a 'progex' where you build a program, and a resume deep dive. The whiteboard ones weren't too tough, the interviewer guided you a lot. The Progex was longer, like 105 minutes, and you had to build something work-related. They expect you to finish and pass all tests, but I ran out of time and my code didn't even compile. Just focus on writing clean code, and they'll still evaluate you. The resume review was a standard behavioral interview, looking for project or leadership experience. Make sure to talk a lot about your specific contributions to building software in teams.