I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Mozilla in Nov 2021
Interview
Quick call with the recruiter who was upfront about their inability to compete with FAANG salaries. Since they don't offer stock, they do offer a 20% bonus plan at least.
Take home coding challenge that should take around 90 minutes.
Second call with hiring manager to talk generally about team. Mostly standard behavioral stuff.
Final round was FAANG style system design. Unfortunately these guys were pretty much silent the entire time and it made the experience super awkward. I think one of them looked depressed, I probably would be too, though, if I were in their position. This is by far the worst call, and one that made me glad I turned them down.
Final round was interview with 4-5 team members covering mostly soft / behavioral stuff.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Two coding questions:
1. Parse an nginx log file and sort based on most frequent lines
2. Access a github api and count number of repos with specific words
System design:
Design a system around firefox services
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Other Senior Site Reliability Engineer interview reviews for Mozilla
The recruiter reached out. It was a nice conversation, he was really kind and genuinely interested in me and my background.
We spoke about my past projects and where I want to be in my next role.
At the end, he indicated my salary requirements are above the band for this position. He said he would check with HR.
After a few days, I received an automated rejection. I guess they found someone cheaper.
