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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Dec 1, 2021
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Marqeta

      Interview

      Run away. Absolute waste of time. Started out with recruiter call which was total normal and fine. She said next step was a full final interview which I immediately thought was kind of sketchy. Every where does a tech screen first before doing the resources for a final panel. I went through and took a day off work. The first interviewer was super nice. Second was terrible. 2 very rude performance/available guys gave me a design problem on that and wanted super specific stuff on that even though I am a backend API engineer. Not sure why they interviewed me when I wasn’t interviewing for that team. Next round was code interview. Normal round. Last was manager with a random manager who wouldn’t be my manager. Bizarre and haphazard. All behavioral questions like “tell me a time you made a mistake?” And I have an answer and he was like uh no that’s not really a mistake Is it? That’s just a normal thing engineers do give me a real mistake. Like I’m sorry I’ve been working 6 years I don’t make huge mistakes otherwise I would not be employed. I never heard back it’s been 2 weeks. Absolute waste of time.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      LRUCache, tell me a time you made a mistake, design email server like GMail
      Answer question
      12
      avatar
      Marqeta response
      4y
      Hello there, thank you for alerting us to a breakdown in communication about our interview process, and for how our questions came across as disrespectful to you. Our interviewers may ask about mistakes to learn how you've grown over the course of your career. When we invite candidates to interview at Marqeta, we are rooting for you to succeed. I understand what you experienced is a bit different than what we both expect from an interview process, and apologize that the steps were not clearly communicated beforehand. If you have still not heard back from your recruiter, please consider writing to me at careers@marqeta.com so I can help correct the situation.

      Other Senior Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Marqeta

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jan 20, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Vancouver, BC
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Marqeta (Vancouver, BC)

      Interview

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Gave a system design question on rate limiters. Asked to define and structure the rate limiter with certain conditions.
      Answer question
      1

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jan 16, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Toronto, ON
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Marqeta (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2025

      Interview

      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.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Questions on distributed systems, system design principles on a whole.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Implement a set without using collections
      Answer question
      1

      Sr. Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 3, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Marqeta in Jun 2024

      Interview

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Implement LRU cache in Java
      1 Answer
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