I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Atlassian (Sydney) in May 2024
Interview
I applied through my university and received a HackerRank link after sending my resume. The interviewing stage for interns consists of two rounds: one technical and one values-based, followed by a callback from HR for feedback.
The technical interview was great; the interviewer was nice, relaxed, and provided good feedback. However, the interview question is widely available on some code sandbox websites.
The situation took a downturn during the values interview, starting with an error in the email that misstated the position I was interviewing for (Associate Product Management Intern instead of Software Engineering Intern). When I provided feedback, they said it would make no difference. The interviewer was extremely pushy and made it uncomfortable to converse. It felt like he was interrogating the way I work at my student job by throwing company values. I was rejected for lacking task planning and management skills.
Overall, this was not a pleasant interview experience, especially the values interview, as it seemed they were looking for managerial material, not a student trying to start their career as an software engineer. I would not recommend it.
The process started with an online assessment (OA), which was reasonably balanced in difficulty. Candidates who passed were invited to a live coding interview conducted over Zoom with a software engineer. The interview focused on data structures and algorithms, with an emphasis on problem-solving approach, code clarity, and communication throughout the solution.
Technical round was very good, behavioural round was unprofessional. Interviewer showed up late, left call mid sentence, and did not seem to have any interest in the actual interview. Very robotic
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a trade off you dealt with at your last internship
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Atlassian (Sydney) in Mar 2025
Interview
OA is very standard, a couple random questions of easy - medium leetcode difficulty. Afterwards, there will be a technical that focuses on data structures and then a values interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For OA, just a bunch of leetcode questions - random for each person.