Does Atlassian let me pick my coding language?

Yes. Atlassian's engineering interview guide says candidates choose their preferred programming language, and evaluates 'how you think, not just your coding output', 'Clean code matters, but what's most important is how you think.' Missing a line won't cost you the job; they weigh trade-offs like verbosity versus optimization.

What is the Values interview and who runs it?

It's a dedicated behavioral round assessing alignment with Atlassian's five core values. It's usually run by someone outside the hiring team (Sales, HR, or Customer Support) and is typically informal, exploring 'your mindset, and the way it guides your actions.'

How many interviews does the loop have?

Atlassian's early-careers guide says to 'be prepared to undergo 3 to 4 interviews.' A standard IC loop typically includes a coding interview (two parts: Data Structures and Code Design), a 60-minute systems design interview, a Manager interview, and a Values interview, followed by an internal Hiring Committee decision.

What is the systems design interview like?

A 60-minute spoken conversation with no coding. Atlassian says the questions 'ladder', follow-ups get harder or easier based on your performance, and that 'there's no one right answer.' They assess what questions you ask and how you talk through constraints like reliability and cost, and it often turns into concrete API design.

All interview guides

Sources checked Aug 10, 2026

Atlassian

A published loop with a round most companies skip: a dedicated Values interview run by someone off the hiring team, weighed alongside the coding and system design rounds.

The Atlassian process

7 of 8 stages you can practise here

01
Recruiter / TA Screen30 minchill
Warm, conversational phone call with a Talent Acquisition partner
motivationbackgroundlevel fit
02
Online Coding Assessment (HackerRank screen)75 minrealistic
Structured, somewhat scripted third-party screen over video with a shared editor
working codeclarifying questionsedge cases
03
Coding Interview, Data Structures60 minbrutal
Live coding with an Atlassian engineer in your language of choice
problem-solvinglearning agilityedge cases
04
Coding Interview, Code Design60 minbrutal
Second live coding session that leans toward clean structure, readability, OOP and extensibility over raw algorithm tricks
code designtrade-offsproblem-solving
05
Systems Design Interview60 minrealistic
A 60-minute spoken conversation with no coding
requirements clarificationtrade-offsthinking on your feet
06
Manager Interview50 minrealistic
Conversational, lower-pressure round with a hiring manager framed around 'who you are today and who you want to be at Atlassian.' Covers past projects, hardest technical challenges, the business
technical depthimpactcollaboration
07
Values Interview45 minrealistic
Relaxed, conversational, purely behavioral round usually with someone from outside the hiring team
value alignmentself-awarenesscustomer orientation
08
Hiring Committee
Internal decision stage: a committee reviews consolidated debrief feedback and makes the final objective call. Not candidate-facing / not simulate-able.

Common questions

Does Atlassian let me pick my coding language?: Yes. Atlassian's engineering interview guide says candidates choose their preferred programming language, and evaluates 'how you think, not just your coding output', 'Clean code matters, but what's most important is how you think.' Missing a line won't cost you the job; they weigh trade-offs like verbosity versus optimization.
What is the Values interview and who runs it?: It's a dedicated behavioral round assessing alignment with Atlassian's five core values. It's usually run by someone outside the hiring team (Sales, HR, or Customer Support) and is typically informal, exploring 'your mindset, and the way it guides your actions.'
How many interviews does the loop have?: Atlassian's early-careers guide says to 'be prepared to undergo 3 to 4 interviews.' A standard IC loop typically includes a coding interview (two parts: Data Structures and Code Design), a 60-minute systems design interview, a Manager interview, and a Values interview, followed by an internal Hiring Committee decision.
What is the systems design interview like?: A 60-minute spoken conversation with no coding. Atlassian says the questions 'ladder', follow-ups get harder or easier based on your performance, and that 'there's no one right answer.' They assess what questions you ask and how you talk through constraints like reliability and cost, and it often turns into concrete API design.

Sources

Built from what Atlassian publishes about its own process and from real interview data. No leaked question lists. The questions you get are generated against your own resume, so they are not from anyone else's interview.

companyAtlassian Engineering Interview Guideatlassian.com
Coding interview is two parts (Data Structures + Code Design), any language, 'how you think' rubric; 60-min laddering systems design with no one right answer; Manager interview; Values interview with an outside-team interviewer; Hiring Committee.
companyAtlassian Early Careers Interview Guideatlassian.com
'3 to 4 interviews' for early-career SWE; required online coding test before the loop; leadership and values interviews.
companyAtlassian Core Valuesatlassian.com
Verbatim five values and their taglines used in the Values interview.
companyAtlassian Company / Aboutatlassian.com
Company background and products (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Trello, Loom) for the blurb.
datalevels.fyi, Atlassian Software Engineerlevels.fyi
Atlassian IC ladder: P30 (entry), P40 (Engineer), P50 (Senior), P60 (Principal).

Sources last checked August 10, 2026. Hiring loops change, so this date is the honest limit on everything above.