Synacor Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 5 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Synacor.
Synacor
Software Engineer Intern
Intern Average Positive experience Accept offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
The whole process was just based on my resume, no questions were asked that weren't on it.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Nothing specific was asked.
Synacor
Software Developer
Entry Difficult Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
started with an email asking to contact the HR agent, then had a general phone interview where I had to describe my technical background in moderate detail. After that, I had a 1:1 interview with a lead developer. My tip to anyone else is... don't bother applying unless you really know OO computing inside and out. Forget about the tiny details and built-in functions of PHP, and instead, really focus on the main things about the language that make it a strong choice for web apps that get a lot of traffic.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What OO design patterns are you familiar with?
Synacor
Programmer
Mid Average Neutral experience Accept offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding
I had a quick phone call, then they invited me in to meet a few people. The interview questions started pretty easy and then got hard fast, and they never seemed impressed. At one point, I was asked to draw something out and I saw the interviewer shaking his head with a smug look. Even so, I still got the job.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Do you have experience with SQL?
- Can you answer some questions about PHP?
- Can you draw out this concept?
Synacor Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Synacor interview reports.
“Can you write a regular expression to parse a URL?”
Read reports →“Can you draw out this concept?”
Read reports →“Can you answer some questions about PHP?”
Read reports →“What OO design patterns are you familiar with?”
Read reports →“What are typical computer science white boarding questions?”
Read report →“Do you have experience with SQL?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 5 Synacor interview reports.