Smartsheet Software Engineer interview: Roman-to-integer coding and outage-detector design

After the recruiter reached out through LinkedIn, the timeline was straightforward. I was scheduled for a coding round and a design round as part of the Senior Software Engineer process, and I completed them back-to-back. The recruiter arranged the calls and kept the scheduling moving.

For coding, I solved a Roman-to-integer style problem. The design question was an outage detector modeled after something similar to what AWS describes. Those two rounds were the main part of the process, and the interviewers stayed focused on the prompts.

I received the result after completing both interviews. The process ended with an offer, and it felt consistent because everything centered on the same two topics. I’d prefer interview processes to stay this clear and specific to the role. That’s what made this one feel fair and efficient.