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Updated 7 Aug 2025

Atlassian Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

11 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview in Jul 2025, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. Design a file system that allows users to insert file content and provide a rating for that content, either positive or negative. Additionally, how can the system display a list of the top K most popular d...
  • Q2. Given an integer array, find the Kth largest element in the list.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected
Round 1 - Coding Test 

DSA round leetcode style question

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design + Coding round for rate limiter
  • Ans. 

    Rate limiter design using token bucket algorithm

    • Use token bucket algorithm to limit the rate of requests

    • Maintain a bucket with tokens that get refilled at a constant rate

    • Each request consumes a token from the bucket, rejecting requests when no tokens are available

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Karat Interview for next filtering the candidate

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Design Snake Game (Nokia based)
  • Ans. 

    Design a classic Snake game based on Nokia phones.

    • Use a 2D array to represent the game board.

    • Implement logic for snake movement and growth.

    • Include collision detection with walls and itself.

    • Add food items for the snake to eat and grow.

    • Display the game on a grid-based interface.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Ballot based voter

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Design Snake game LLD

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

This was Karat round. Involving System Design and OOPs based 2 problems in 1hr

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Ranking based question

Round 3 - Coding Test 

LLD round around basic questions

Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. OOPs concepts, Multithreading
  • Q2. Scaling large scale apps

What are the roles & responsibilities of a Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian?

Technical Leadership

  • Drive large, complex projects autonomously from technical design to launch
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview in Jan 2025, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. Resume walkthrough
  • Q2. Resume walkthrough in detail
  • Ans. 

    Experienced Senior Software Engineer with a strong background in full-stack development and team leadership.

    • Graduated with a degree in Computer Science from XYZ University, where I developed a passion for software engineering.

    • Worked at ABC Corp for 5 years, focusing on developing scalable web applications using React and Node.js.

    • Led a team of 5 engineers in a project that improved application performance by 30%, result...

  • Answered by AI

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Rate Limiter with possible test cases
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Rank teams based on some criteria
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Job scheduler system design round
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Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

60 mins Karat round with a mix of general questions around the language and then 40mins of frontend tasks.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be quick with your Karat interview.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Dec 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Karat interview system deaign
  • Q2. Karat interview coding question
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before Mar 2023.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Write code to find count of characters in string.
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Coding related questions
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Atlassian Values

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How many rounds are there in Atlassian Senior Software Engineer interview?
Atlassian interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Atlassian interview process are Coding Test, Technical and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Atlassian Senior Software Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Atlassian. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Atlassian expect are JIRA, Agile, Backend, Javascript and Cloud.
What are the top questions asked in Atlassian Senior Software Engineer interview?

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Overall Interview Experience Rating

3.7/5

based on 11 interview experiences

Difficulty level

Moderate 88%
Hard 13%

Duration

Less than 2 weeks 38%
2-4 weeks 25%
4-6 weeks 25%
6-8 weeks 13%
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₹45 L/yr - ₹80 L/yr
259% more than the average Senior Software Engineer Salary in India
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