Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Freshworks with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Freshworks overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Freshworks as a Senior Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 17%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Freshworks (Chennai) in Mar 2025
Interview
I applied through LinkedIn recruited call me and provided the study material for that Interview. The interview took place at the Freshworks office, and it was a in-person (P2P) interview, with no virtual interview option available. The interview lasted the entire day over the weekend.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All basic to advanced level JavaScript question like Closure, Hoisting, this operator, Event delegation, Event propagation, Promise, Event loop etc.,
Not a very supportive interviewer.
Was asked to share leetcode profile, and then interviewer pasted the questions in meet link. Not much chance provided to discuss approach and thought process. Was told to solve the question right away(interviewer) also asked how long it would take to solve the question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 Leetcode Medium questions related to Binary Search with backtracking
3 Rounds, Onsite only, first coding round, Array question, second design - design a ola app, asked questions on database design specifically. third design round, Hired as senior software engineer