Scale Software Engineer interview with practical frontend work

My interview path followed a fairly classic structure: a recruiter screen, a technical screen, and then meetings that expanded into onsite-style rounds. The technical portion included system design and practical problem-solving that combined algorithmic work with a frontend component, so it was more ambiguous than pure coding. The hardest part for me was figuring out what the interviewers expecte…

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