RejectedTechnical Screen

An 11-Minute Late Start, a Chaotic Round, and a Recruiter Swap

RipplingSoftware Engineer · Senior+ · Technical Screen · Mar 2026

The interviewer was 11 minutes late. I was actually about to just leave the call and email the recruiter to say they were a no-show, but they showed up at the very last moment. After joining, there was no intro or behavioral portion at all — they went straight into technical. Right off the bat they asked whether I wanted an AI or non-AI technical round, and I picked non-AI. Then the interviewer j…

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