Interview Experiences

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RedditSoftware Engineer
Oct 2026

Three Positive Rounds and a Rejection

The role closely matched my current work, and I felt well supported by the recruiter. The manager conversation compared my background with the team's plans. Other rounds involved designing a BigQuery agent, implementing a TCP server, and identifying problems in an existing ML prediction service before proposing improvements. The coding tests acted as a TCP client. I learned the communication deta…

RejectedOnsite0
RedditSoftware Engineer
Oct 2026

Tennis Scoring Question, Ran Out of Time on Part 3

The tennis question. Part 1: write Game. I think you should also talk through the input / output format with the interviewer, because none was given. Functions like get score, record score, and get winner, plus error case handling. Part 2: write Set, with pretty much the same functions. Part 3: the interviewer said Game's get score function should pretty print, something like 0 / 15 / 30 / 40 / d…

Technical Screen0
RedditSoftware Engineer
Sep 2026

A Word-Search Rule Clarified Too Late

The author reports an unsuccessful Reddit coding screen involving word search. After presenting the task, the interviewer remained quiet while the applicant worked. The author did not confirm the movement rules and implemented a more permissive search than the interviewer expected. A typo also consumed about ten minutes. Although the applicant’s own tests passed, the interviewer said near the end…

RejectedTechnical Screen0

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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Every published experience earns 50 XP, and each of the first 3 likes it receives in a day earns you 10 XP more. Likes must come from established accounts; like-for-like swaps and likes from your own second account are not paid. Write it while the details are fresh — the round order, the exact prompts, and how much time you were given are what the next reader needs.

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