I applied through college or university. I interviewed at MongoDB (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2023
Interview
During interviews conducted in my preferred programming language, I encountered interviewers displaying bias. Despite correctly solving questions using optimized approaches well ahead of schedule, they seemed reluctant to ask further questions or explore my skills thoroughly even though it was a great match to what they were expecting
Interviewer had a particular solution in mind that took a different approach from my own. My solution was algorithmically correct but not one that they were familiar with and preferred a non-closed form solution.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
API design question with some standard library usage required.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at MongoDB
Interview
Process was: Recruiter screening, Phone Screen, 5 Virtual Onsite. The whole process took a long time. I loved each interviewer, they were really friendly, nice and passionate with their work. The interview questions were unique and on the harder side but well organized.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at MongoDB in Oct 2025
Interview
Recruiter phone interview, a technical screen, then multiple technical interview rounds. I've gone through non-concurrent programming, concurrent programming, algorithms and the design one; didn't make it to the behaviorial and final interviews,
The process is well explained, and I have even got feedback afterwards.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Concurrent interview: design a concurrent expriring queue