SupplyPike Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

I had a 45 minute interview with the CTO. I thought it would just be a chat, but it turned out to be a system design interview. I asked him what the worst part about working there was, and he told me it's when they don't hit their performance metrics because then he doesn't get his bonus.

The interview process happened in 3 main stages: 1. Phone screen I spoke with a developer over the phone. It was fairly short (~30 mins), and covered pretty basic stuff. What technologies do you use and why? That sort of thing. Kanat (the engineer I spoke with) was smart and engaging, and gave me plenty of information about the company and how it works. 2. Code project / Questionnaire I next did a short (~10 minute) timed quiz with basic CS questions. It was short and not that complicated, even for someone like me who's been out of school for a while. After that, I had ~2 hours to write and submit a simple code project. The technology stack was not dictated, and overall the code project was pretty open ended. I enjoyed it. 3. Final interview Finally, I went over the code project with the same engineer (Kanat) that did the phone screen. I walked him through the decisions that I had made and why, and he had plenty of insightful questions. This process took maybe an hour and a half, but that might be because I'm talkative.

The interview was in 3 parts: first a 30-minute call to chat about my past work and some general tech questions about it. Then I had a take-home coding challenge that took me about 2 hours. Finally, I went onsite for a technical interview covering different areas like CS fundamentals, how to design software, and system architecture. I didn't get an offer in the end, but it was a good experience overall. I learned about the company and their tech stack, which sounded awesome. The people interviewing me were friendly and kept things pretty relaxed.