Micro1 Software Engineer interview: a hostile AI screen with no dialogue

My first Micro1 screen used AI and felt genuinely hostile. The bot rushed through prompts, skipped ahead when I paused, and mispronounced terms in technical questions. It felt less like an interview and more like an automated quiz. What bothered me most was the lack of room for a back-and-forth. I could not really ask questions or clarify anything. Instead, the interaction narrowed into rapid-fir…

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