Atlassian

My interview process for the Atlassian Software Engineering Intern role started with an online coding assessment. The assessment had three coding problems, and I found this stage to be the most challenging part of the entire process. The questions were around the medium-to-hard range, so I had to manage my time carefully instead of spending too long on one problem. I focused first on understanding the constraints and identifying the intended approach before writing the implementation. Candidate reports from the same hiring cycle also describe the OA as three medium-to-hard coding questions. After clearing the assessment, I moved to an AI-assisted coding interview. This was quite different from the usual DSA interviews I had prepared for. I was given an existing repository in a HackerRank environment and had access to a coding agent. The interviewer asked me to understand the unfamiliar codebase, identify issues, debug the existing implementation, and implement some additional functionality. The actual coding task was not extremely difficult, but I realized that simply getting the code to work was not the main objective. I had to demonstrate that I understood what the code was doing and could use AI as a development aid rather than blindly accepting generated code. A recent candidate described the same type of interview as being focused on understanding and fixing bugs in an unfamiliar codebase. The final round was a values and behavioural discussion with a senior software engineer. The questions were mainly based around Atlassian's values and my previous experiences. I was asked to explain situations involving teamwork, taking initiative, dealing with feedback, handling disagreements, and learning from mistakes. I also discussed my projects and the decisions I had made while building them. Similar Atlassian experiences have reported detailed questions about project decisions, mistakes, feedback, conflicts, teaching others, and taking initiative. Overall, I found the process interesting because it tested more than traditional DSA. I needed problem-solving ability for the assessment, practical coding and debugging skills for the AI-assisted round, and clear communication for the values discussion. The process can vary between hiring cycles, though, since older candidate experiences describe a more conventional combination of OA, DSA interview, and HR/managerial rounds.