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Four Rounds, Team Shutdown, and a Month-Long Wait for Rejection

AdobeSoftware Engineer · Onsite · Jul 2025

I finished interviewing right before they shut down the team at the end of last month. Then the HM took a two-week vacation, and after waiting almost a month, I got the classic "they were touched but rejected me anyway" treatment — moved to another candidate. It was for the AEP team, a referral pit from a friend. Four rounds total, overall not too hard. The first round was billed as tech/coding,…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jul 2025. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.