Align Technology Software Engineer interview: project discussion and a riddle

The technical screen began with a discussion of a project I had worked on. I had to explain the algorithms I used and how the system worked. Then I was given a real-world riddle connected to the job description, which felt like a curveball after the project deep dive. The first part was a direct conversation about engineering choices; the puzzle asked me to reason aloud with more ambiguity. Overa…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jul 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.