Splunk Site Reliability Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

I had a screening call with a recruiter, then a coding round, and finally a system design interview. Overall, it was a good experience, except for the system design part where the interviewer seemed uninterested in my approach and possibly had a specific solution in mind. The coding round was straightforward, starting with a basic problem and then adding a few extra conditions.

Applied via careers portal and then got a call from the recruiter. He emailed me the process and told me the first round would be a scripting round focusing on log slicing, not DSA. However, the first round was a KARAT interview, which unexpectedly included two medium LeetCode-style coding questions. I tried contacting the recruiter about this discrepancy, but he didn't answer and later messaged that I didn't qualify for the next round, without addressing the situation.

First, there was a recruiter call to go over the basics of the job and my background. Then, I had two calls with SREs based in London. These weren't technical, mostly discussing what they do, what I do, and any questions I had. The next step was an on-site interview in San Francisco, for which they covered flight and hotel, and I expensed food. There was a mix-up with the date, but HR sorted it out. I met with 7 people, including engineers, PMs, a manager, and a director. Everyone was friendly and answered my questions. No technical questions were asked, possibly because the date change caught them off guard. It was mostly behavioral and situational questions. The office seemed nice with a good vibe. After the on-site, my recruiter gave me positive feedback and said there were three possibilities: offer, no-offer, or more interviews. I was told there would be more interviews, leading to a month-long wait. I received another offer during this time. Eventually, they informed me about position shuffling and a different role for me. Since I didn't want to wait any longer, I declined. Overall, it was a good experience, but I wished they had been quicker to make a decision.