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Chime Software Engineer interview with a complex game-design question

ChimeSoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Mar 2025

I had a difficult start when a phone screen turned into an extremely complex game-design question that I couldn't get clear enough to understand. The recruiter call came first. During the technical phone screen, I was asked to design a game with complicated rules. The interviewer struggled to explain how the game worked, and the prompt felt unrealistic without prior knowledge. I didn't make it to…

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