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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 15, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Melbourne
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zendesk (Melbourne) in Jun 2020

      Interview

      First interaction with Zendesk I was lowballed by the recruiter - they tried to offer me 20k less p/a than what I was earning at my then job - I politely declined. Second interaction I was grilled by the interviewer about contracts I had taken and why I had moved about, then when I asked what the turnover for the team they wanted me for was I was told "That's confidential information" - I declined again Third interaction - the PM gave me a look at the start of the interview that strongly felt like "We don't hire people your age" I was then given a tech test that had nothing to do with the role (they were hiring for a microservice/http developer, the task was for a CLI app (Melbourne is unimaginative, they all use the 'test' someone from the REA group thought was brilliant a decade ago) There was one interesting piece in the test, dealing with some badly formed JSON efficiently.

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      Other Senior Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Zendesk

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      May 27, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Pune
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Zendesk (Pune)

      Interview

      1st round HR round then a screen round with Engineering manager, and then a live coding test with 2 engineers. I got rejected after the coding test so don't know the process beyond it.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Basic react query about build process and optimizations
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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Mar 30, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Singapore
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Zendesk (Singapore) in Sep 2025

      Interview

      There were 5 rounds - Screening round with HR - Manager round - Technical Coding round - System design round - Product manager The turnaround time was quick. The entire interview process took around 2 weeks.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      General cultural fit questions during manager interview round
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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jan 23, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Melbourne
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. I interviewed at Zendesk (Melbourne) in Sep 2025

      Interview

      The first round is a behavioral interview with the manager. The second round is a system design interview with the technical lead. The third round is a coding interview with a staff engineer.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. Behavioral interview: Common behavioral questions. 2. System design: Design Jira. 3. Coding: Implementation of several React components.
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