Start free
All Atlassian rounds

Atlassian · Software engineer · P40-P50 IC

Manager Interview

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

What they actually ask

The question shapes this round uses. Larpy does not read these out. It builds each one from your own resume, because the generic version is the one you have already rehearsed.

  • “Walk me through the hardest technical project you've worked on and the business reason behind it.”
  • “Tell me about a significant failure and what you learned from it.”
  • “How do you collaborate and communicate with teammates and other functions?”
  • “Where do you want to grow, and what are you looking for in your next role?”
  • “What are your career aspirations, and how does Atlassian fit them?”

What this round is judged on

  • Technical depth · substance of your past work
  • Impact · outcomes and business justification
  • Collaboration · how you work with others
  • Motivation · who you want to be at Atlassian
  • Coachability · openness to growth and feedback

Where this round sits

Atlassian’s published process. Lime marks the stage this round runs.

  1. 01
    Recruiter / TA Screen
  2. 02
    Online Coding Assessment
  3. 03
    Coding Interview, Data Structures
  4. 04
    Coding Interview, Code Design
  5. 05
    Systems Design Interview
  6. 06
    Manager Interviewthis round
  7. 07
    Values Interview
  8. 08
    Hiring Committee
What happens in each stage›
Recruiter / TA Screen
~25-30 min phone call on background, recent projects, why Atlassian, and level fit. Not a technical grill.
Online Coding Assessment
Required online coding test before the loop (community reports it is run through third-party vendor HackerRank). Roughly two coding problems plus short verbal scaling/situational questions.
Coding Interview, Data Structures
Live coding with an Atlassian engineer, candidate's choice of language. Practically-themed algorithm/data-structure problem, often with a base-case-then-scale-up twist.
Coding Interview, Code Design
Second live coding session leaning toward clean structure, OOP, and extensibility rather than pure algorithm tricks. Officially the coding interview is 'two parts: Data Structures and Code Design'; candidates often experience it as two separate rounds.
Systems Design Interview
60-min spoken conversation, no code. Questions 'ladder' to your performance and 'there's no one right answer'; often narrows into concrete API design.
Manager Interview
~45-60 min behavioral/career conversation about who you are, your hardest projects, collaboration, and growth.
Values Interview
~45 min behavioral round mapped to Atlassian's five values, usually with someone outside the hiring team (Sales, HR/People, Customer Support).
Hiring Committee
Internal decision stage: a committee reviews consolidated debrief feedback and makes the final objective call. Not candidate-facing / not simulate-able.

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 . Hiring loops change, so this date is the honest limit on everything above.

Other Atlassian rounds