MakeSpace Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at MakeSpace.
MakeSpace
Software Engineer
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral
I applied on LinkedIn and a recruiter reached out in about a week. We had a call to discuss the company and open roles. Then, I spoke with a hiring manager who went over the job details, what they expect, and their current products. After that, I had a tech screen with Karat IO. It was an hour long, with two coding questions. They were pretty simple, mainly about parsing strings and creating an aggregated output. I managed to complete one and explained my approach for the second before time ran out. I messaged the recruiter two days later for an update, but they never got back to me. Totally ghosted, no info on my application.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you parse a list of parts (strings) and a list of required parts for a product to determine all the products that can be built? This involves matching strings and tracking the parts needed for each product.
MakeSpace
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Average Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
The interview started with a quick screening call to go over my background and some basic computer science ideas. Then there was this unpaid coding challenge, which felt like a waste of time so I just skipped it.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Given a JSON file with geographic points (latitude, longitude, id), create a Python script that accepts an integer 'n'. The script should read the file and output the IDs of the points, divided into 'n' groups, into a file named 'groups.json'. This output file should be a list of lists, containing dictionaries similar to the original points.
- As a follow-up to the previous task, optimize the grouping of addresses for daily van routes. The goal is to ensure that each van has a comparable number of stops. The optimization should consider both the geographical closeness of the stops, using a function from the first stretch goal, and maintaining balanced group sizes for each van.
MakeSpace
Software Developer
Entry Easy Positive experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical
The interviewer was nice and helpful, giving hints when I got stuck. I didn't get the job but learned a lot.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Tell me about the data structure you are most familiar with.
MakeSpace Software Engineer Interview Questions
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“Given a JSON file with geographic points (latitude, longitude, id), create a Python script that accepts an integer 'n'. The script should read the file and output the IDs of the points, divided into 'n' groups, into a file named 'groups.json'. This output file should be a list of lists, containing dictionaries similar to the original points.”
Read reports →“Can you parse a list of parts (strings) and a list of required parts for a product to determine all the products that can be built? This involves matching strings and tracking the parts needed for each product.”
Read reports →“Tell me about the data structure you are most familiar with.”
Read reports →“Can you describe a limitation you encountered with the Django framework and your solution to overcome it?”
Read reports →“Can you tell me about your background?”
Read report →“Can you describe a challenge you faced and how you overcame it?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 6 MakeSpace interview reports.