I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Visa Inc. (Austin, TX) in Feb 2021
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me after applying online on their website. Had a phone screen and then had an online assessment. Was moved on to the technical interviews. Technical interview round consisted of 4 rounds although in one of the rounds, the interviewer was an entry level software developer out of college who was only a few months into the job at Visa - this to me, was ridiculous! This was followed by an interview with a director and was offered the position.
They have a ridiculous compensation philosophy when it comes to external experienced hires vs. college new grad hires - college hires get a joining bonus, stock compensation, etc but external experienced hires don't get anything as a part of the compensation package outside of the base and an annual bonus. For such a big company, negotiation didn't yield even a single cent even with valid reasons and after them gathering all the documentation they wanted to substantiate that reason.
Overall, a barely professional process with red flags all along the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical questions you'd expect for this role involving coding out data structures and algorithms and also questions to test your knowledge on the tech stack that you will be working on.
3 hacker rank questions for the first round of tech interview. Medium to hard level.
You need to solve them in around 2 hours. Didn’t pass the this round and received the rejection after few weeks
One coding, Recruiter round and a loop round(3 interviews). I got the feedback on the very next day of my loop round and later they have done a reference check with my current manager and colleagues and then released a formal offer letter
Online assessment round is first round with data structure and algorithms with array sorting algorithms on hacker rank which was moved recently. There were two questions and they were very very difficult