Rover.com 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 Rover.com.
Rover.com
Software Engineer
Lead Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding System Design Technical Other
I interviewed for a Lead/Senior Software Engineer position at Rover. The whole process took several weeks and over 10 hours of my time. It involved a take-home assignment that took me about 7 hours to complete on my own, followed by live coding, system design discussions, and technical chats. Even though I put in a lot of effort, it felt like the process became more and more impersonal and disengaging. In the last round, the interviewers didn't seem very interested, making it hard to have a good conversation. I got rejected two days later with a standard automated email. It had no personal feedback, didn't acknowledge the time I spent, and offered no useful advice on how I could have done better. If you're thinking about applying, know that it's a very transactional process, and they don't seem to care much about the candidate experience. I can't recommend interviewing at Rover unless you're okay with a one-sided, impersonal experience. Companies that really want to hire good people should connect with candidates meaningfully and give good feedback, especially after several interview rounds.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- The take-home assignment was an app for pet sitter reviews, which has been described in other feedback.
- There was a quick Python string manipulation coding challenge, which should be easy if you have intermediate Python skills.
Rover.com
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Easy Negative experience No offer 9 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Panel Onsite Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding System Design Behavioral
This was a long process with 9 interviews in total. It started with an HR interview, then a manager interview. After that, there was a take-home assignment where I had to process a CSV file, perform calculations, and output a new CSV, which took about 4 hours for the task and another 12 hours to prepare with Docker and unit tests. Then came a panel interview for system design. Following that was a behavioral interview with the initial manager and an additional manager from another team. The process also included another take-home project involving coding where I had to implement a new requirement in front of two engineers.
Confirmed questions8 questions
- For the system design question, how would you structure the database tables to handle chat conversations between a sitter, an owner, and potentially a support agent?
- Following up on the chat system design, what approach would you take to handle a very high volume of messages per day?
- For the take-home exercise, you're given a CSV of customer reviews. Your task is to write a command-line program that imports this data into memory and then implements Rover's search algorithm to generate a 'sitters.csv' file. This file should include Sitter email, name, profile score, ratings score, and search score, sorted by search score in descending order.
Rover.com
Software Engineer
Mid Difficult Positive experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Take home Technical screen Onsite Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding System Design Behavioral
I had a pretty good time interviewing at Rover. First, there was a recruiter call, then a technical phone screen, after which I got a take home assignment. The final stage was a virtual on-site which had 3 separate rounds. The phone screen was with an EM and focused on string manipulation. My take home involved a backend task. For the virtual on-site, I had a behavioral interview with the hiring manager, a systems design interview, and a coding interview where I had to extend my take home assignment. Although it was a long process, I really enjoyed talking to all the engineers and EMs. It was a bummer not to get an offer, but I really appreciated how communicative and supportive my recruiter was throughout.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Questions about building on the take home assignment
- Questions about systems design
- Behavioral questions
Rover.com Software Engineer Interview Questions
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“How would you remove all instances of a substring from a given string?”
Read reports →“Create an OOP solution using a CSV file to calculate scores, including testing.”
Read reports →“Can you write unit tests for parsing a strange data format?”
Read reports →“Could you implement a class and its tests that parse a string and perform calculations on it?”
Read reports →“Given that the web application needs to handle a peak load of 10 searches per second, how would you design the API for the backend service that provides sitter and rank data to the frontend?”
Read report →“Design and implement a web application connecting dog owners, sitters, and featuring specific mathematical calculations.”
Read report →“How would you whiteboard a SQL schema for a threaded messaging system?”
Read report →“What factors influence your decision between a microservices architecture and a monolithic one?”
Read report →“Could you create a console application that processes a CSV containing dog sitter appointments? This app should transform the data into a list of dog sitters, calculating a score for each based on their booking review ratings, and then output this information as a new CSV file.”
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