An applied AI Software Engineer interview: technical, manager, and bar-raiser rounds

The process felt high-stakes and had two technical rounds, a managerial round, and a bar-raiser-style discussion. It opened with a coding round that could eliminate me. Once I finished it, the remaining stages came quickly. After a short gap of a couple of days, I completed the next rounds in a single day. The pace left little time to decompress, and I had to stay sharp across different formats.…

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