Symphony Interview Questions
& Process
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and how the experience turned out.
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Symphony
Customer Service Representative
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
The process took almost 3 months with 6 interviews, even though I was told it would only be 3 rounds. It felt like I was interviewing for the CEO role. Honestly, I lost interest after round 4 when the interviewer didn't show up. The people were nice, but it felt like a formality with no feedback. The HR department was good though, always replying to my emails quickly.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you describe Symphony and its business?
Symphony
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Difficult Positive experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Technical Behavioral Technical
The process was as follows but I withdrew my application after the HR interview to accept another offer. 1. Screening — this was with the technical architect and I found it to be pretty grilling with very inquisitive questions about my experience and knowledge. 2. Technical interview with 2 other engineers — an interesting but challenging problem. It needs you to visualise the problem to consider the desired behaviour and edge cases. 3. HR interview — I was told they were considering 2 of us and they'll get back to me within a week 4. VP interview
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you tell me about your experience with Redis?
Symphony
Site Reliability Engineer
Mid Difficult Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical System Design
The first call went well, I felt I performed nicely. Then I moved on to the second round. Both interviewers had their cameras off, but they wanted mine on. They acknowledged the connection was bad, but sounded annoyed whenever I asked them to repeat something. This really hindered me, I was so distracted by my own face the whole time, and as expected, I got rejected soon after.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Given a diagram, describe how you would troubleshoot and resolve a client-reported error.
Symphony
DevOps Engineer
Senior Easy Positive experience Decline offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Onsite Presentation Background check Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
A recruiter from Symphony contacted me on LinkedIn about the role. Then, I had a phone interview with one of their recruiters. After that, she set up a phone screening with the hiring manager. We talked about my current job and the role/company. Then, I had an on-site interview in NYC, but I couldn't make it last minute, so they let me do it all via Skype. The video interviews were more technical, and I did a coding exercise. After that, I had to go to NYC to meet the hiring manager in person. We got coffee, talked about the role, and their AWS architecture. I expensed my travel, and they sent the check quickly. That same day, the recruiter called with a verbal offer. A few days later, the hiring manager called with the offer details. I declined after a few days because I didn't want to move to NYC. Overall, it was a great experience with everyone at Symphony; they were knowledgeable, polite, and quick.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Determine if strings in a list are anagrams of each other.
Symphony Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Symphony interview reports.
“In Python, could you extract tuples that sum to 100 from a given list of numbers?”
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Read reports →“What is a Linked List?”
Read reports →“How do you denote a constructor in a Java program?”
Read report →“Can you explain the distinctions between final, finally, and finalize in Java?”
Read report →“Could you explain the distinction between a deadlock and a race condition?”
Read report →“Can you explain the entire process that occurs when a user types a URL into their browser and presses ENTER?”
Read report →“Tell me about the difference between checked and unchecked exceptions.”
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