Fivetran | Software Engineer

• Location: Toronto, Canada
• Application: Applied online
• Timeline: About 4 weeks
• Difficulty: Average
• Overall experience: Neutral

Process

Talent Acquisition screen → Hiring Manager interview → Technical assessment → No offer

The interviews themselves went smoothly, and the interviewers were friendly throughout.

Round 1 — Talent Acquisition Screen

The Talent Acquisition partner introduced the role and asked about qualifications, work status, and previous experience.

Round 2 — Hiring Manager

The hiring manager went deeper into the role and previous experience. The HM also asked about handling a difficult situation and the most significant professional achievement.

Round 3 — Technical Assessment

The interviewer gave a medium LeetCode/HackerRank-style problem and required the solution in C.

The interviewer listened to the approach before coding and was comfortable with it. The solution did not cover every case during the assessment, so the tests did not pass. After the interview, the author finished the solution, got all the tests passing, and sent the working version back.

Original Questions

1. Difficult Situation

How did you handle a difficult situation?

2. Most Significant Achievement

What is your most significant achievement?

3. Long Encoded String

Given a string such as 12#3(5)421(8), where each number maps to an English letter, count the occurrences of each letter and return the resulting array.

The source gives only this example, so the exact meaning of # and the parentheses should be clarified before coding.

Follow-ups

• The interviewer asked for the coding approach before implementation.
• After the assessment, the completed solution was sent back once every test passed.
• The recruiter replied that the role had already been filled.

Result

The recruiter said the position had been filled two weeks earlier, before the technical assessment took place. The process ended without an offer.

Key Takeaways

• The position had already been filled before the technical assessment, even though the interview process continued.

Source: Glassdoor interview review