I applied online. I interviewed at Marqeta in Sept 2020
Interview
Overall took about 6 weeks.
Initial phone screen with a recruiter, went over what I'm looking for, and what Marqeta was looking for.
Two weeks later, had a HackerRank code pairing exercise with an engineer.
Two weeks later, had three interviews back-to-back.
First was an hour with the hiring manager, going over behavior questions, career pathing, and understanding the product space.
Second was another pair programming exercise on HackerRank that went over problem solving skills and communication with basic data structures.
Third, an architecture discussion around changes to make to a hypothetical system that is having performance/scaling issues. This was my least favorite interview, it seemed to avoid talking about fundamental issues with the system and more about applying AWS-proprietary services whenever possible (something that most companies I'd work for would disqualify you for).
Was given a verbal offer, but I asked for a meet-and-greet with the team to get to know people. That went well and I accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever had to mediate a disagreement between co-workers? How did you resolve the conflict?
The interview process was well structured. Each and every step was outlined perfectly in the introduction and everything followed a definite timeline. I really appreciate the clarity and the standards they set during the initial stages of the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Gave a system design question on rate limiters. Asked to define and structure the rate limiter with certain conditions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Marqeta (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2025
Interview
Recruiter call, followed by a screen share coding round and a Hiring manager interview.( interviewers were really friendly and giving the pointers on the approach ).
Recruiter reached out to schedule 3 more rounds ( 2 behavioural 45 mins each ) and a system design ( screen share - Lucid chart ).
Overall process took 2.5 weeks and the recruiter gives immediate feedback after each round ( without wasting much time). It was a very smooth process.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Questions on distributed systems, system design principles on a whole.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Marqeta in Jun 2024
Interview
I had a job interview with Marqeta, and after talking to the recruiter, I was invited to the next stage, which was an online coding test. I was asked to design an LRU cache, which I did completely and tested as well.
The next day, I received a rejection letter with reasons that were not convincing at all. I felt that the decisions were very subjective and not based on clear principles and rules.
I feel like I wasted my energy and time.
