Interview Experiences

Real candidates, real loops: every round, what was asked, and how it ended.

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TemuSoftware Engineer
Sep 2026

Technical Round Skipped, Final Round Is Just HR and Salary Talk

Last time I mentioned that after a 2.5-hour second round I felt like I'd failed, but I actually hadn't. The second-round interviewer (the dept lead) decided to skip the third-round technical round entirely, so my third round ended up being the final round too — just a chat with HR. A bit about my background, some basic behavioral questions, and then talking about what it's like working there and…

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TemuSoftware Engineer
Jul 2026

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A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn, and that's how the interview got set up. Headquarters is in Boston, but all the hiring is remote. Every role interviewed under the title "software engineer," and the package gets negotiated after based on how you do in the interview. The first round was 60 minutes of coding, and here's how it went: Self-introduction, then they asked about my projects in…

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TemuData EngineerSenior+
Apr 2026

Stood Up by the Interviewer, Then Rejected a Month Later

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TemuSoftware Engineer
Feb 2026

Five Rounds, Light on Coding, Heavy on Cross-Checking

Giving back to the forum. After getting hit with a layoff at the end of the year, I interviewed with Temu's North America team early this year. The whole process was 3 rounds of coding + 1 round of behavioral questions with a director/VP + 1 round with HRBP: Round 1: 496. Next Greater Element I Round 2 I don't remember clearly, but it was also a fairly standard LeetCode medium. Round 3 gave a lis…

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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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