Interview process by company
Each company guide is built from publicly reported processes. Here are the references behind them, grouped by company, so you can skim the originals.
- Amazon Jobs - software development interview topics - Official guidance on what the rounds cover.
- Amazon Jobs - SDE online assessment prep - Official OA format and timing: coding 70 min, work sim 60 min, work styles 15 min.
- Amazon - Bar Raiser program - Official Bar Raiser explainer: 3,600+ BRs, joint decision with HM, raise-the-bar definition.
- IGotAnOffer - Amazon SDE interview - Loop structure, Bar Raiser, LP prep, debrief, 4-8 week timeline.
- interviewing.io - Amazon hiring process - Livecode tool, OA skipping, 5-point incline scale, recycling, conditional phone screen.
- interviewing.io - Anthropic interview questions & process - First-hand process breakdown and sample questions; confirms CodeSignal OA, Python preference.
- IGotAnOffer - Anthropic interview process - Full 6-step process: recruiter, CodeSignal, HM screen, onsite, references, team matching.
- IGotAnOffer - Anthropic system design interview - Format and prompts for the AI-infrastructure design round; GPU/KV cache constraints.
- IGotAnOffer - Anthropic culture interview - Dedicated culture interview guide; anti-STAR stance, 5 question types.
- InterviewQuery - Anthropic software engineer guide - Stage-by-stage overview with first-hand candidate reports on concurrency across rounds.
- Candidate writeup - 2025 Anthropic SWE interview - Recent first-hand account of the full loop including the in-memory DB OA.
- Apple Careers - interview tips - Official guidance: behavioral/past-performance focus, be yourself, don't share confidential info.
- interviewing.io - Apple hiring process - Team-dependent loop, no interviewer training, early termination, same-day debrief, 'Why Apple?' is decisive.
- IGetAnOffer - Apple interview process & timeline - Seven-step process, timeline, no hiring committee, HM has most say.
- Exponent - Apple SWE interview guide - Round counts (4-7), AI prohibition, copy-paste blocked, domain depth, stack-rank offers, downleveling.
- Exponent - Apple interview process - Round overview, decentralization, take-home assignments.
- Coinbase - how to interview at Coinbase (official blog) - Official 6-stage process, ~60 days, 5% pass rate, cognitive assessment, CodeSignal, CEO/COO approval, interview focus shared in advance.
- Coinbase - mission & cultural tenets - Official 10 cultural tenets: the behavioral rubric.
- Coinbase - talent density (official blog) - Cognitive testing addition, CEO/COO offer approval, extraordinary-ability hiring bar.
- 4dayweek.io - Coinbase software engineer interview - Round-by-round guide confirming 90/90/60/30 onsite structure.
- InterviewQuery - Coinbase software engineer - 2025-2026 candidate reports: multi-part OAs, 45-60 min rounds, OOP/resume probing, CCAT tests.
- Exponent - Coinbase software engineer guide - Stage overview with sample questions, 90-min coding rounds.
- Databricks - engineering interview prep (official PDF) - Canonical 7-step process, back-end panel rounds, CoderPad Draw, pseudocode System Programming, language-agnostic policy, domain prep resources.
- Databricks - careers interview prep - Official landing page: 7-step process, Google Meet, behavioral format.
- InterviewQuery - Databricks software engineer - 2026 candidate reports confirming no OA, CoderPad, concurrency rounds, no take-home.
- interviewing.io - Google hiring process - First-hand interviewer accounts: VIP platform, coding > design, behavioral can be skipped, downleveling.
- IGotAnOffer - Google software engineer interview - Full process, questions, HC more-info outcome, team matching.
- IGotAnOffer - Google interview process & timeline - 7-step process with team-matching ordering variation.
- IGotAnOffer - Google team matching - 12-month HC validity, team-matching failure risk.
- Exponent - Google SWE interview guide - GHA, pre-HC team matching, 2026 code-comprehension pilot, in-person reinstatement.
- Hello Interview - Google L4 guide - GHA detail, no system design at L4, in-person rounds, EU team-matching order.
- Hello Interview - Google L6 guide - Level expectations and VIP platform detail for senior roles.
- HRD - Google in-person interviews (Jun 2025) - Pichai's announcement reinstating in-person rounds.
- interviewing.io - Meta/Facebook hiring process - Senior-engineer breakdown: AI-enabled round detail, E6+/E7+ differences, DP ban, execution off, team matching pre-offer.
- IGotAnOffer - Meta software engineer interview - Process, questions, CodeSignal OA, AI-enabled round.
- IGotAnOffer - Meta coding interviews - Two problems per 35-40 min, DP ban, execution off.
- Hello Interview - Meta AI-enabled coding - First-hand candidate reports: 3-phase structure, AI nerfing, practice environment.
- Hello Interview - Meta E3 guide - E3 has no design round; CodeSignal OA detail; AI-usage behavioral questions (2026).
- Austen McDonald - How to talk about AI in your behavioral - Framing reference for the AI-Native Screener behavioral half: real AI use, not abstractions.
- Microsoft Careers - technical interviewing - Official guide: entirely virtual, 4 pillars (problem solving, design, coding, testing), thought process matters.
- Microsoft Life - how to ace a technical interview - Recruiter quotes: talk out loud, be authentic, care about product quality.
- IGotAnOffer - Microsoft SDE interview - Full pipeline including AA round, Codility, STAR approach, AI-assisted emerging.
- IGotAnOffer - Microsoft interview process - Process detail, four cultural attributes, team-decentralized structure.
- Exponent - Microsoft software engineer guide - Stage breakdown, growth mindset, domain skills, sample questions.
- InterviewQuery - Microsoft software engineer - Process, AI coding round reports, resume deep-dive round.
- interviewing.io - Netflix hiring process - First-hand from Netflix interviewers: Dream Team round, directors in loops, reverse system design, security design, binary decisions, system design most weighted.
- Netflix - culture memo - Official culture memo: four principles, eight named values, mandatory reading before the behavioral round.
- Exponent - Netflix SWE guide - Round breakdown, data modeling round, take-home alternative, pre-brief tip, unanimous hiring.
- Exponent - inside the Netflix interview process - Unanimous hiring decisions, 3-5 week timeline, two-part final round.
- InterviewQuery - Netflix software engineer - Process and practice questions, HM screen variation.
- OpenAI - official interview guide - Canonical process: 4-6 hrs, 4-6 people, 1-2 days; debrief not hiring committee.
- interviewing.io - OpenAI interview questions & process - Process with coding + system design screens, agentic beta, AI prohibition, downleveling.
- IGotAnOffer - OpenAI interview process & timeline - Step-by-step pipeline, comp structure (flat salary, no negotiation).
- Exponent - Get a job at OpenAI - Stage overview, verified candidate accounts, downleveling.
- Blind - OpenAI + Anthropic first-hand (Jul 2025) - Staff SWE offer: code refactoring round, slide presentation requirement.
- interviewing.io - Stripe interview questions - First-party guide from Stripe engineers: second recruiter call, Staff+ presentation, Leveler, AI prohibition, two-org structure, team placement post-onsite.
- Exponent - Stripe software engineer guide - 5-round breakdown, Whimsical, general vs integration coding separation, new-grad skips design, AI ban.
- Prepfully - Stripe software engineer guide - Bug bash coverage reasoning, round-1 feedback read by later interviewers, operating principles.
- Stripe - culture / operating principles - Official operating principles: the behavioral rubric.
- Uber - how we hire - Official process: recruiter, hiring manager chat, technical interview, functional exercise, team interview, decision.
- InterviewQuery - Uber software engineer guide - Process, 4-6 week timeline, database/SQL round, 2026 first-hand candidate reports, HackerRank or CodeSignal.
- Exponent - Uber software engineer guide - 3-6 week timeline, optional OA, technical retrospective for seniors, specialized coding, core values.
- Prepfully - Uber software engineer guide - Database management as onsite component, detailed structure.