Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Formation Data Systems with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 100% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Formation Data Systems overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Formation Data Systems as a Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Formation Data Systems (Fremont, CA)
Interview
I had two rounds of interviews: telephone screening and an onsite interview. The onsite interview was for three hours and fairly technical. Questions were challenging. Everyone I talked to seemed to be knowledgeable in respective fields. I got clear idea about the problem they are trying to solve from the discussions. Overall my impressions is its a good early stage startup working on a challenging problem. They extended an offer to me and I have accepted it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on Linux/ C++, software design, scalability, performance etc.