Hi all!! I am a prefinal year student, pursuing a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and I am an upcoming software engineer intern at Atlassian. So it all started when I got to know about the Women In Tech program of Atlassian in collaboration with GirlScript. I applied for the program and within a month I got a mail that my resume got shortlisted for further rounds (Atlassian gives chance to almost everyone for the online assessment)
Online Assessment: OA consisted of 4 questions. one easy, two medium, and one hard cp level questions were there. All the candidates who solved at least 3 questions and also their resumes were strong enough, got shortlisted for the next rounds.
Next, we received emails regarding our interview dates and got approx a month to prepare. For the internship, Atlassian conducted two rounds:
One for the problem-solving part(data structures and algo) and the other one for a managerial round. Both rounds were eliminatory and conducted on a single day.
Round 1: The DSA part was more of a discussion rather than a viva!! The questions were based on implementation and not basic standard leetcode questions! The interviewer wants to know your thought process and most importantly the way you approach the problem and how you use your knowledge of data structures. There was just a single question and it went on for about 50–60 minutes. Data Structures that I used to solve the problem were Heap, maps, tries an array.
Next, I got the mail that you cleared the first round and your managerial round is scheduled in 1 hour.
Managerial round: This round was something really different. Atlassian really focuses on its values and the whole interview was based on the 5 Atlassian values. They wanted to know how I am as a person and how have I tackled problems in the past and what was my approach. This also went for about 45–50 minutes.
The interviewers were really friendly and very eager to know you.
After about a month, I finally got the mail regarding my selection as an SWE intern for summer 2023. That day I felt like all my hard work paid off and how!!!
TIPS FOR INTERVIEW:
- SPEAK OUT LOUD:- Now when I say this what I mean is, whatever you are thinking during the interview regarding your problem and the approach, just keep speaking it. This makes a really nice impact and your interviewer gets to know what actually is going on in your mind and also tries to give you hints! At the end what actually matters is YOUR APPROACH TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM and NOT YOUR FINAL ANSWER.
- BE CONFIDENT:- You have prepared enough and at the time of your interview just believe in yourself and your hard work. Don’t try to learn anything, just focus on your approach and you will be able to crack things easily.
- Dress Well:- This is a simple thing but a very very important one! If you dress professionally with a bright smile, that’s a great start to have
- Take it easy:- In the end, it’s just an interview and your another try to achieve your goal. Give Interviews as normally as you can and just stay calm.
I hope this will help you 🙂