I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Roku (Los Gatos, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
The interview process is similar to other SF bay area tech companies (i.e. Phone screen and onsite interview). After I was done with the technical phone screen with the hiring manager, I was invited to onsite. I had four technical onsite interviews. All the engineers and hiring manager were very professional and experienced. I really enjoyed talking with the team. My last interview was with the recruiter and she gave me a Roku player as gift. That was pretty cool!
I was very impressed with the entire interview process, from interview coordination to offer. I have been in SF Bay Area for a while, and I have done several technical interviews before. In comparison with others, I would say that my experience with the recruiter for Cloud Services is one of the best. She is very honest and kept me up to date every single day, even though she was on vacation. This is very rare for bay area tech companies. I really appreciate her skills and passion for the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had system design questions and solved 4-5 data structures and algorithm questions on whiteboard.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Roku (Bengaluru) in Jun 2026
Interview
Recruiter reached out via linkedin.
Had a really bad experience in the first technical round.
You walk into an interview hoping for a fair conversation. What you get instead is someone on the other side trying to prove they are smarter, louder, or more important than you.
They ask vague questions.
They interrupt everytime.
They make you feel small for not reading their mind.
I really regret appearing for the interview at Roku as it was really disrespectful.
I searched and found out that panel provide one to one interview prep and I think that’s why more than my actuall skills and knowledge he was interested in if I follow the same approach he teaches.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was supposed to be DSA but felt like panel is taking hiring manager round.
He was a also a senior engineer but acted like a manager.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Roku in Apr 2026
Interview
Talk with Recruiter, tech talk and Hackerrank with Engineer. Engineer interviewer offered little feedback during an implementation discussion. I justified my selection as being best for a time-constrained interview and he agreed. The interviewer was playing around in my code editor while I was typing, causing distractions and additional errors in my work. Finally, the interviewer was extremely dissatisfied that I did not use the other option that I had discussed, and that I did not select Python when I was told to solve in any language.
Recruiter called me and asked some general questions related to work experience, tech stacks etc. Later they asked about renumeration drawn from the current org: to which I responded saying 'need to check with HR regarding any NDA if they have pertaining to salary disclosure'. I also felt current renumeration being irrelavent question for next role and asked what's the comp. band that this role is entitled to. To which recruiter told without current comp. info, they won't be able to proceed further and rejected on spot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Familarity with tech stack, work experience and salary.