1p3a Experience · Feb 2026

Visa Staff Software Engineer Backend Interview Experience

SWE OA Staff Easy

Interview Experience

Hi Fam, Applied for Staff SE - Java, Spring Boot role at Visa. YOE: 6.5 Currently SSE@Walmart. ---

OA CodeSignal Test Cleared. --- Pre-Screen Round: (Taken by Director) Basic technical questions on

Full Details

Hi Fam, Applied for Staff SE - Java, Spring Boot role at Visa. YOE: 6.5 Currently SSE@Walmart. ---

OA CodeSignal Test Cleared. --- Pre-Screen Round: (Taken by Director) Basic technical questions on Kafka. Some theoretical questions on GenAI. Some questions on past experiences. --- R-1 : Coding Q1. https://leetcode.com/problems/hand-of-straights/ Gave a O(nlogn) approach. Interviewer however insisted on a O(n) approach. --- #visa #staff #backend

About This Question

This is a candidate experience report from a visa interview for a swe role (staff level) during the oa round reported in 2026.

It covers the following topics: General Experience .

Difficulty rating: Easy