Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Photon with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 29% positive. To compare, the company-average is 30.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Photon overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Photon as a Senior Software Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 13%
Background check: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Photon (Bengaluru) in Mar 2023
Interview
I had a Worst experience in photon let me explain.
After releasing the offer letter(mentioned DOJ, work location)
HR said you didn't completed the client interview so we are postponing the DOJ,
again i spoke with HR after 20 days of my joining date now they are telling the work location is different so we are not onboarding you.
Well played in recession time..
This is for glassdoor application dev team
Please add one more option under interview outcome "Yes I accepted the offer but company declined me"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Angular and nodejs
Life cycle hooks, Promise and closure etc..
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Photon (Bengaluru)
Interview
Depends on the client Interview,
Photon Interview was Average it was ease
Technical
Practical coding
Depends on the client Interview,
Photon Interview was Average it was ease
Technical
Practical coding
Is it so easy to crack the rounds of interview and so good to be true as well fine place to work you will learn something based on the interview questions itself
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
NA
NA
Basic react , javascript anf little bit of TS as well
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Photon (Chennai) in Feb 2026
Interview
They don't have knowledge on conduct the proper interview process. Lot of rounds they conduct. I have attended 7 rounds and then also they can't able to predict me. No updates they gave and not attend my calls.