Atlassian Interview Experience — Summer Intern (SDE )

Hi , I am Shashank Mishra , a final year Computer Science Undergraduate at Delhi Technological University . This is a blog about my interview experience at Atlassian for SDE Intern Role (On-Campus) .

Atlassian came to our campus in August with 7+ CGPA criteria . Students from Computer Science and Electrical branches were eligible to apply .

Round 1 — Online Assesment

It was conducted on the hackerrank platform . There were 3 Questions of medium difficulty . We were given 90 minutes to solve . Shortlisting was done based on the time taken to solve the questions (Glad that they shortlisted on time here and not on CGPA 😃). Around 20 students were shortlisted for the next round .

Round 2 — Technical Interview

The interviews were held 2 days after the OA in the morning . It was taken by a SDE-2 .

It started with a brief introduction . I was given a dsa + design question . It was an open ended question and you were expected to clarify and ask about each of the requirements / constraints and also were expected to write production ready code . The first part of the question involved hashmap , hence i was asked it’s internal working as well . Then there was a follow-up question which involved priority queue (Tip :- Be thorough with the basics (time and space complexities ) and internal working of each of the data structure . You migh even be asked to implement it ) . After an hour long discussion , the interview ended with some discussion about the interviewer’s experience at Atlassian .

I got mail for the next round in 5 mins . Around 11 students were shortlisted for the final round. I was one of them .

Round 3 — M&V Round

M&V Round stands for Managerial and Values Round .

This is sort of an HR round but different in some ways . It was taken by a Engineering Manager and the main aim was to check if you align with the Atlassian values /culture .

The round started with discussion around my resume . Then we got into a debate of how kotlin is better than java . (I had experience in android development) . Also my projects were discussed (Be thorough with architecture and design choices you made in the projects) . Then i was asked a lot of behavorial and situational questions (Some of them were standard , some were not ) . It was pretty long discussion ( 1hr 10 mins to be precise ). In the end i asked him about his experience at Atlassian .

Final Verdict

We got the results by the end of the day . 5 Students got the offer and I was one of them .

Tips:-

1. Be thorough with the basics of each and every data structure . You can be asked the internal working of the data structure as well .
2. My experience of Competitive Programming helped me solve questions a bit faster . It will always be a plus point if you do CP.
3. Consider Interviews as discussions . Hence always communicate your thought process with the interviewer . If you are stuck at some place , they will surely give you some hint .
4. Communication skill is also a very important aspect . It can help you express your thoughts better .