Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at NetApp with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 8% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 6 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at NetApp overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at NetApp as a Senior Software Engineer according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 20%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 3%
Background check: 3%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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The process started with a standard HR phone call.
Next was a conversation with a technical team lead. He didn't allow me to present myself properly - immediately after I shared just 2 brief points about myself, he requested to move to technical questions. He asked me to describe a complex technical project I worked on and questioned me mainly about handling failures.
The next stage was a project architecture presentation. I had checked with them in advance, and they were honest about it being an architecture review of a project I had designed. I prepared a presentation. Two interviewers joined - one asked about the project but seemed not to understand parts of it and didn't request clarifications, despite my emphasis that he should ask if anything wasn't clear.
He was impatient and didn't let me finish explaining all the project components. He wasn't very patient and jumped straight to questions without letting me explain the complete system flow first.
Afterward, they sent an insulting and generic email saying they chose not to proceed. Both during the interview and after, I requested detailed feedback - they disappeared and provided no feedback. Unfair process, and I wouldn't recommend them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a project I had designed & QA about it.
Explain the architecture of a project I had designed & QA about it.
The process took 1 week. I interviewed at NetApp (Bengaluru) in Feb 2026
Interview
I attended only the first round of the interview process, and since then I have not received any communication from the recruiter. There have been no follow-up emails, status updates, or information shared regarding the next steps or the outcome of the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding Interview
1. Subset Sum
2. Return all subsets from the subset sum
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at NetApp (Cork) in Jul 2025
Interview
About 6 interviews all in one day and absolute sham of a process. The outcome was a very lowball offer. Later again they reached out saying they can increase their offer by 1000 euros which was a joke and don't understand how they are functioning