Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at MongoDB with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 36 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at MongoDB overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at MongoDB as a Senior Software Engineer according to 36 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 17%
Group panel interview: 8%
Background check: 8%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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Interviewer had a particular solution in mind that took a different approach from my own. My solution was algorithmically correct but not one that they were familiar with and preferred a non-closed form solution.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
API design question with some standard library usage required.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at MongoDB
Interview
Process was: Recruiter screening, Phone Screen, 5 Virtual Onsite. The whole process took a long time. I loved each interviewer, they were really friendly, nice and passionate with their work. The interview questions were unique and on the harder side but well organized.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at MongoDB in Oct 2025
Interview
Recruiter phone interview, a technical screen, then multiple technical interview rounds. I've gone through non-concurrent programming, concurrent programming, algorithms and the design one; didn't make it to the behaviorial and final interviews,
The process is well explained, and I have even got feedback afterwards.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Concurrent interview: design a concurrent expriring queue