Mercor Software Engineer interview canceled before three algorithm prompts could be answered

MercorSoftware Engineer · Jul 2026

The process was chaotic from the start. My first interview was canceled, and when I finally got a second one, it ended extremely quickly, in around five minutes. Before it started, I was given a Google document with three data-structures and algorithms prompts, including BFS and two pointers. I tried to take a couple of minutes to get oriented, but the interviewer canceled before I could write an…

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