Interview Experiences

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NordstromAccount Executive
Reported Jul 2026

Account Executive interview at Nordstrom: interview experience

I expected a simple interview, but the main conversation was longer and more demanding than I anticipated. It ran close to an hour and a half and covered my work history, personality, how I think, and what I value. The interviewer was relaxed, but the questions kept coming. Much of the discussion focused on customer-facing judgment: difficult customers, day-to-day fit, and driving results. We als…

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Steven Douglas AssociatesSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Steven Douglas Associates: interview experience

The process felt standard and not especially punishing. After an initial HireVue-style step, I had a couple of live conversations that were more about how I thought than about trick questions. The technical round was framed as a fit check against the team’s stack, so it tested background knowledge without becoming a coding contest. The live rounds were welcoming. I discussed my resume, answered S…

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Sonata SoftwareSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Sonata Software: interview experience

The process started with a recruiter-managed Risebird setup, but the early technical discussion did not seem connected to the actual project. Both rounds were led by people who did not appear closely tied to the client or role details. The second repeated the same pattern, and the interviewer did not seem to know what had already been discussed. Communication became the larger problem. I made mul…

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SonataSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Sonata: interview experience

After a recruiter call through Risebird, I went through two rounds that felt disconnected from the client and the actual role. Neither interviewer seemed to know much about what the project needed, and the second round repeated the same problem. The interviewer also appeared unaware of what had been covered before, and I could not get a clear explanation of how the interviews related to the clien…

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Starr CompaniesSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Starr Companies: interview experience

After I applied, about a month passed before I heard anything. I was then sent a HireVue link for video responses and a coding challenge. After another wait, a technical recruiter scheduled a short 30-minute call to explain the role and next steps. About a week later, I was invited to schedule time with the hiring manager. That conversation mixed behavioral and technical topics, including Spring…

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SpacexSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Spacex: interview experience

I got far enough to face technically intense screens that seemed built to test end-to-end understanding. Even when a question was posed as a hypothetical, it did not feel like a formula-memory exercise. It felt as though they wanted hands-on reasoning and confidence with fundamentals across the chain. The hardest part was a run of very pointed hypotheticals that seemed only loosely connected to m…

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SiemensSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Siemens: interview experience

An agency recruiter set up my first interview after an initial chat. It was an online conversation with an engineering manager, and at that point the process seemed to be moving toward something more hands-on. I was told the next stage would have been an onsite, more technical interview, but I never reached it. The manager conversation itself was calm and conversational. I could explain my backgr…

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Scientific ResearchResearch Scientist
Reported Jul 2026

Research Scientist interview at Scientific Research

I started with a recruiter screen after submitting my CV, then moved into a stage involving group leadership. There were two main stages separated by a few weeks, so the overall timeline felt longer even though the steps themselves were not overly complicated. The first was an HR-style check of my fit. The second involved two hiring managers and scenario questions. That was the frustrating part:…

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SafranSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Safran

The interview was very technical from the start and centered on the fundamentals of elasticity. I had to work through a problem involving stress calculations for a cylindrical structure and, as best I remember, derive a related formula or theorem. My French was assessed alongside the technical material. The interview was clearly challenging, but I found it interesting because the topics were conc…

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Robert SlackSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Robert Slack

After I applied online, I waited a while before the recruiter-led process began. I first completed a HireVue coding-and-video portion, then spoke with a recruiter about the role and next steps. I was later sent a link to schedule a meeting with the hiring manager. The later technical conversations focused more on fit and background knowledge than deep algorithms. I spoke with multiple interviewer…

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RevolutProduct Manager
Reported Jul 2026

Product Manager interview at Revolut

I began with a short recruiter screen where the process, next steps, and some basics about motivation were explained. Then I moved into a practical evaluation and product-focused questions. In the problem-solving round, I worked on a trading-related prompt about improving gross profit for a trading feature. I asked clarifying questions and structured the problem myself while the interviewer staye…

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Siemens HealthineersSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Siemens Healthineers

After a recruiter call to schedule everything, I went through two virtual rounds. The first technical round covered OOPS, .NET Core, and design patterns, followed by two programming questions. One involved a stack; the other asked me to swap two variables without using a third. I tried to work through them step by step because the round felt geared toward practical engineering. The second round m…

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Volkswagen Group ItaliaSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Volkswagen Group Italia

My Software Engineer process had three rounds: HR first, then an account manager associated with the client, followed by a client-side interview panel. The final panel was the last checkpoint before the process wrapped up. The sequence was smooth and simple. I never found it chaotic or overly complicated, and each step followed naturally from the last. I cannot speak to how other roles work, but…

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SwiggySoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Swiggy

My process began with one very quick technical screen. I was asked only the Two Sum problem, which I solved in roughly five minutes, so the interview itself did not feel stressful or complicated. After that, the process went quiet. There were no follow-up rounds and no meaningful updates or timeline. Months passed without closure, which felt unprofessional, especially after such a clean first ste…

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VisaSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Visa

Visa began in a standard way with an OA and then technical rounds. In CodeSignal Round 1, I had a medium array problem, a deep resume discussion, Docker and Kubernetes questions, and basic database-query material. Round 2 was more coding-heavy and asked me to implement an LRU cache. I got working LRU-cache code, but the interview ended around the 50-minute mark, leaving expected material uncovere…

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VerkadaAccount Executive
Reported Jul 2026

Account Executive interview at Verkada

The recruiter was responsive and the interviews were polite and enjoyable. After LinkedIn outreach, I went through what seemed like a typical four-stage process. They contacted my professional references and told me there was an intent for a verbal offer, which surprised me. Then they asked for another interview round. After I completed it, I was rejected with a generic explanation of insufficien…

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TredenceData Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Data Engineer interview at Tredence

For this Data Engineer role, the process ran about 4 to 5 rounds. It started with a HackerEarth assessment mixing aptitude, SQL, and coding, then a communication round. Two technical rounds followed, with strong emphasis on SQL and PySpark plus basic DSA. The questions required precision and speed, and the interviewers pushed on how I approached data-engineering work, not only the tools I had use…

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TikTokSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at TikTok

The recruiter gave me a broad sense of the role and scheduled the interviews, but I could not get much detail about the topics or how many stages remained. HR replied quickly, yet the process structure stayed unclear. The first technical stage was a LeetCode question. A later combined stage included technical discussion plus another LeetCode problem. Once interviewing started, things moved along,…

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Tiger AnalyticsSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Tiger Analytics

The technical questions leaned toward data engineering. I had two technical rounds on Python and PySpark coding, moderate-difficulty DSA, and Azure Data Factory, so I had to discuss data workflows as well as algorithms. The questioning sometimes moved quickly and felt argument-driven. I did not feel I had much time to write or iterate on query-like work, which made it harder to show the backend d…

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The Walt DisneySoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at The Walt Disney

The recruiter first discussed my interests and location fit. I understood that some versions of the role might have two rounds, one easy-to-medium LeetCode problem and a hiring-manager round, but my own path was recruiter first and then a technical-and-fit discussion with an engineer or hiring manager. I had a recruiter video screen, a hiring-manager video interview, an in-person office technical…

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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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