Me postulé a través de una recomendación de un empleado. Acudí a una entrevista en Marqeta (Oakland, CA) en ene 2021
Entrevista
The process was straightforward. Started with a technical screening which was a pair programming session with a Sr. Software Eng. After the screening they set up 4 follow-up sessions. The first was an architectural design that had questions based on database table updates, optimizations, and bug tracing. The second was behavioral, with a Sr. Eng Manager and discussed previous projects and decision making (I mentioned interest in managment route). After that came a background interview with another manager with similar questions around previous projects, and decisions made a leader. Last session was a pair programming session with 2 engineers, where we designed a data structure and functionality using basic arrays.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Recall a time you had to make a tough technological decision or trade off.
Thank you for taking the time to interview with Marqeta. We very-much appreciate the time you invested in us, and are happy to hear that you had a positive candidate-experience.
Otras evaluaciones sobre las entrevistas para el cargo de Sr. Software Engineer en Marqeta
The interview process was well structured. Each and every step was outlined perfectly in the introduction and everything followed a definite timeline. I really appreciate the clarity and the standards they set during the initial stages of the interview.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Gave a system design question on rate limiters. Asked to define and structure the rate limiter with certain conditions.
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Marqeta (Toronto, ON) en ene 2025
Entrevista
Recruiter call, followed by a screen share coding round and a Hiring manager interview.( interviewers were really friendly and giving the pointers on the approach ).
Recruiter reached out to schedule 3 more rounds ( 2 behavioural 45 mins each ) and a system design ( screen share - Lucid chart ).
Overall process took 2.5 weeks and the recruiter gives immediate feedback after each round ( without wasting much time). It was a very smooth process.
Preguntas de entrevista [2]
Pregunta 1
Questions on distributed systems, system design principles on a whole.
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 1 semana. Acudí a una entrevista en Marqeta en jun 2024
Entrevista
I had a job interview with Marqeta, and after talking to the recruiter, I was invited to the next stage, which was an online coding test. I was asked to design an LRU cache, which I did completely and tested as well.
The next day, I received a rejection letter with reasons that were not convincing at all. I felt that the decisions were very subjective and not based on clear principles and rules.
I feel like I wasted my energy and time.
