Interview Experiences

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SigSoftware Engineer
Sep 2026

CodeSignal OA, Four Questions in 70 Minutes

Sharing the SIG CodeSignal I just did — same as usual, 70 minutes, 4 questions. Overall not hard, didn't need much in the way of algorithms, but there was a decent amount of code to write, and within the limited time you had to get all the little details right. Not sure if the questions are fixed — I know people who got different questions, so it might not be for the same position. The first two…

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SIGData Scientist
Aug 2026

Seventeen Quantitative and Logic Questions

The online assessment contained 17 questions. Question 1 You walk into a barn and see ants, cows, and chickens. There are 570 legs in total. The number of ants is twice the number of chickens, and the number of cows is twice the number of ants. Compute the number of ants. Question 2 You are on an island inhabited by knights, who always tell the truth, and knaves, who always lie. Perlica and Chen…

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SIGSoftware Engineer
Aug 2026

Nailed Every Onsite Question, Still Got Rejected

In May, someone from SIG reached out, so I figured I'd give it a shot and set up a recruiter call, which quickly turned into a phone interview. The phone interview was the classic "movie search" problem — basically you're given a CSV-format list of movies and asked to design a class that supports fast filtering, like pulling movies from year xx to year yy. Also, the constructor's time complexity…

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SIGSoftware Engineer
Jun 2026

Full Loop from Phone Screens to a Philadelphia Onsite, Rejected for Experience Level

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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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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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