Harvey Software Engineer Interview Experience — Patterns from Seventeen Reports

Harvey·Software Engineer·Sep 2026
OnsiteTechnical Screenmedium

The author summarizes 17 Harvey interview reports from March through September 2026. Technical screens reportedly centered on spreadsheet formulas or text highlighting, with attention to dependency cycles, evaluation timing, and whole-word matching. Onsite coding examples included an in-memory filesystem, expression evaluation, citation highlighting, and duplicate-file discovery with symbolic-link handling.

The compilation also describes design discussions about file storage, retrieval-augmented generation, and conflicts between agents. Separate sessions examined project decisions and company values. According to the collected reports, recruiter preparation calls sometimes indicated the coding topic, and some candidates arranged an onsite soon after passing a screen. The author recommends practicing the recurring coding themes and preparing concrete explanations of project tradeoffs. The source combines different applicants’ reports and outcomes rather than documenting one continuous personal interview process.

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Interview at a glance

Company
Harvey
Role
Software Engineer
Rounds
Technical Screen → Onsite
Difficulty
medium
Interview date
Sep 2026
Questions from this interview
7 questions

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