Scale Software Engineer interview with many coding rounds and debugging

My process felt like an implementation marathon. I went through many coding-focused rounds, and it eventually became tiring and even boring instead of engaging. There were also behavioral and debugging rounds, and the debugging session was the most excruciating part for me. Some interviewers were good, but others turned off their cameras and stayed silent throughout the coding rounds. That made i…

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