Scale Computing Interview Questions
& Process
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and how the experience turned out.
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First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Scale Computing.
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Salesforce Administrator
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
Started with a Zoom pre-screen where the recruiter laid out the interview steps. After that, I had virtual interviews with the team. They seemed pretty decent and professional. Didn't get any further.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Tell me about your experience using Salesforce flows.
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Systems Engineer
Mid Average Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
The interviewers were good engineers but seemed like soft salespeople who weren't really trying to expand into new markets. They couldn't provide a solid list of enterprise reference customers, with most clients appearing to be SMB and mid-level. Overall, the experience was positive, but I'm a bit concerned because everyone I spoke with has been with the company for over 5 years and doesn't seem to be aware of current market trends.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you explain the inner workings of KVM with respect to Linux, and describe your approach to managing it?
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Operations Coordinator
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Panel
Interview formats
Behavioral Group
I went through two interviews, the first one was with my potential manager. I felt it went pretty well and then I got invited to a panel interview. The panel interview was going fine until they asked me about work-life balance. I said that it was the most important thing to me, and I immediately knew that was a bad answer. They told me that work-life balance is not a given, and then right after that, they asked if I would be willing to answer emails and work on holidays and PTO. That seems like a major red flag to me.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Out of these three options: Work-life Balance, Salary, and Potential to move within the company, which would you prioritize?
- How do you view work-life balance?
- Would you be willing to work holidays and PTO and respond to emails?
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C++ Software Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Presentation
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding Presentation
So the interview process kicked off with a quick chat, basically to see if we were a good fit. Then, there was a ~30min phone call with an engineer where they asked about general programming stuff. After that, we had round 4, which was an hour long live coding and debugging session with two developers. The final step was giving a deep dive technical presentation on a past software project I worked on.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- Can you explain the differences between vectors and lists?
- How is memory handled by different containers?
- What are const variables?
Scale Computing Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Scale Computing interview reports.
“What are smart pointers?”
Read reports →“What are const variables?”
Read reports →“How does garbage collection work?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the differences between vectors and lists?”
Read reports →“How is memory handled by different containers?”
Read report →“Tell me about pointers and passing by reference.”
Read report →“Why do you think you didn’t get the role?”
Read report →“Can you explain the inner workings of KVM with respect to Linux, and describe your approach to managing it?”
Read report →“How do you view work-life balance?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 9 Scale Computing interview reports.