Study.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 Study.com.
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Software Engineer
Entry Difficult Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home Offer
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
I applied online and got a call for a phone screen about a week later. The recruiter was super helpful and asked some basic behavioral questions. After that, I was invited to a one-hour interview with two coding questions. The first one was a Java question about finding a green ball, which was a bit confusingly worded and required a divide and conquer approach. I think I messed up my explanation of how I'd solve it. The second question was a front-end task where I had to recreate a navigation bar using HTML/CSS, which was pretty straightforward. Even though the interviewers were nice, I got really nervous and felt like I bombed the first question. I ended up getting a rejection email within a week.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Tell me about the Java question where you had to find the green ball, and the HTML & CSS question where you had to replicate a UI.
- Could you elaborate on the Java and HTML/CSS questions you were asked?
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Software Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Technical Technical
It was real fast, recruiter reached out, first up was a phone interview with a coding challenge, then I went onsite. The onsite had a few parts: first with the team I would be joining, then with developers, and finally with a product person where I got asked SQL questions.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- A coding question involving binary search was asked.
- There was a database query question to retrieve specific results.
- I was asked to implement a CSV parser.
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Software Engineer
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding
This was a long process that didn't end up working out. The HR person knew I had other offers and moved pretty fast on their end, but the team kept adding hurdles. It started with an HR screen, then a hiring manager screen, followed by an online test and an online coding screen. After that, there was a five-hour onsite interview that was mainly technical. They didn't even offer us lunch or a snack during the onsite. I'm confident in my skills and felt I did well on the technical assessments and connected with the team, even sharing my genuine enthusiasm for their work. Despite all that, I was rejected a few hours later, though the HR person was nice enough to call me personally to deliver the news. The team wouldn't give any specific feedback.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- What are your thoughts on data structures?
- Can you explain some algorithms?
- What about SQL?
Study.com Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Study.com interview reports.
“Can you implement binary search on an integer array?”
Read reports →“Create a CSS/HTML structure and style it from the ground up.”
Read reports →“Can you implement the Binary Search Algorithm for finding a Green Ball?”
Read reports →“Can you solve an algorithms problem that considers linear and logarithmic time complexities?”
Read reports →“Build a UI with basic web technologies according to specified requirements.”
Read report →“What about SQL?”
Read report →“What are your thoughts on data structures?”
Read report →“Can you explain some algorithms?”
Read report →“Tell me about the Java question where you had to find the green ball, and the HTML & CSS question where you had to replicate a UI.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 11 Study.com interview reports.