Interview Experiences

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Oscar InsuranceSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Oscar Insurance Software Engineer interview: ghosted after coding

I started with a recruiter call and moved quickly into a LeetCode-style interview. If that went well, I had been told to expect another LeetCode interview and a system-design discussion. I felt I did well across the steps. Then the communication dropped away. I was ghosted after the interviews, and when nothing happened I followed up about a week later. The rest of the process had felt normal, so…

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Oscar InsuranceSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Oscar Insurance: timed unfamiliar pattern

A recruiter contacted me a couple of days after I applied and scheduled a technical round about a week later. I had been warned that the questions would be difficult and tightly timed. That proved accurate: I had 30 minutes for a challenging pattern I had never seen before, got partway through it, and could not finish in the time box. The short window made the experience stressful from the beginn…

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Oscar InsuranceSoftware Engineer
Reported Jun 2026

Oscar Insurance Software Engineer interview: technical funnel to manager screen

After I reached out on LinkedIn, a recruiter contacted me and the process followed a clean series of rounds. First came a technical phone screen. The next stage combined an algorithms-focused screen with a system-design screen, and the final step was a manager screen. Each round seemed to add another lens. It began with core technical ability, then divided into algorithms and system design, befor…

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What are interview experiences?

An interview experience is a candidate's own account of a hiring loop — not a question bank entry. It tells you the shape of the process: how many rounds there were, what each round actually tested, how long the gaps between them ran, and what the recruiter said at the end. That context is the part a question list cannot give you.

How to read them

Weight recent write-ups more heavily — interview loops change, often within a year. Read several for the same company and role rather than one: a single account tells you what one interviewer asked, while five tell you what the bar is. Note the outcome badge too, since a rejection write-up usually explains the gap far more precisely than an offer one.

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