Xcalar 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 Xcalar.
Xcalar
Technical Program Manager
Mid Easy Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
Interviewer reached out directly. Spent 20 min grilling me around details on how to do program management with JIRA and specifically which tools I would use - with no mention of how they did it themselves. At that point, I asked to learn more about the opportunity - which was very vague - organize things, people. No job on careers site. Suspect it was a way to get free consulting.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Which tools do you use for portfolio management?
- Do you export details from JIRA to track, say, a 30 person team to give an overview of what everyone's working on?
Xcalar
Full Stack Developer
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Take home Recruiter call
Interview formats
Coding
Applied online and then a recruiter reached out to send me a hackerrank challenge. I completed the hackerrank assessment but didn't proceed to the onsite interview. I thought the HackerRank challenge was pretty good for assessing ability, but I wasn't familiar with the tech and didn't manage my time effectively. The questions weren't typical leetcode problems; they simulated actual web development tasks. I could see how the interview questions could have been a real assignment for a junior developer. Finally, when I got rejected, the recruiter called me personally to inform me about the decision, which was appreciated as it's the first time this has happened out of many applications.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Two HackerRank questions to be completed in 90 minutes
Xcalar
Solutions Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Onsite Take home Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding Case
The interview process was super quick. It started with an in-person meeting, followed by an online test, and then a bunch of phone calls and some pair programming sessions. I knew pretty fast this was a place I wanted to be. Ever since I started, I've been blown away by how smart and capable everyone at Xcalar is. Plus, being so in sync with the founders' ideas about the product and how it's built has made my work feel even more meaningful.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Asked about algorithms and analytical thinking, plus how to handle business use cases.
- Questions covering algorithms, analytical skills, and business use cases.
Xcalar
Software Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Decline offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral Technical
Applied on the website, then I had an online assessment. After submitting that, a recruiter reached out. The first round was a chat with the hiring manager about the company and its culture. Following that, there was a one-hour technical screen with an engineer. Since I'm not local to the Bay Area, the next two rounds were both two-hour technical screens. In each of those, I worked through 1-2 technical questions with an engineer for the hour. The whole process was pretty positive; interviewers provided guidance when I got stuck, making it feel more like pair programming than solving problems alone. The technical questions involved string parsing, binary trees, and DFS/BFS. It seems like you'd be fine if you can handle medium-difficulty problems on Hackerrank/Leetcode. The recruiter was also responsive, providing updates shortly after my interviews.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- What are some medium-difficult algorithm questions you've encountered?
- Can you explain questions related to string parsing?
- Tell me about questions involving binary trees.
Xcalar Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Xcalar interview reports.
“Can you implement a counter for binary tree nodes?”
Read reports →“How would you go about converting a JSON object into a string?”
Read reports →“Can you write a script to parse a string?”
Read reports →“What are race conditions?”
Read reports →“Can you implement a CSV to JSON parser that handles character escaping?”
Read report →“Could you write a script that parses a string?”
Read report →“What are OS and network troubleshooting tools and concepts?”
Read report →“Do you export details from JIRA to track, say, a 30 person team to give an overview of what everyone's working on?”
Read report →“Were there questions about binary search?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 13 Xcalar interview reports.