Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Freshworks with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 37 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Freshworks overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Freshworks as a Senior Software Engineer according to 37 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 47%
Phone interview: 21%
Presentation: 18%
Skills test: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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3 Rounds, Onsite only, first coding round, Array question, second design - design a ola app, asked questions on database design specifically. third design round, Hired as senior software engineer
Not a very supportive interviewer.
Was asked to share leetcode profile, and then interviewer pasted the questions in meet link. Not much chance provided to discuss approach and thought process. Was told to solve the question right away(interviewer) also asked how long it would take to solve the question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 Leetcode Medium questions related to Binary Search with backtracking
I applied online. I interviewed at Freshworks (Chennai) in Mar 2025
Interview
I applied through LinkedIn recruited call me and provided the study material for that Interview. The interview took place at the Freshworks office, and it was a in-person (P2P) interview, with no virtual interview option available. The interview lasted the entire day over the weekend.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All basic to advanced level JavaScript question like Closure, Hoisting, this operator, Event delegation, Event propagation, Promise, Event loop etc.,