Technical Screen

Pair Programming a Mars Rover with Claude Code

ShopifySoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Dec 2025

The interviewer had a heavy French accent, so I had to turn on the Google Meet transcript. After introductions, the interviewer handed me a GitHub repo that was completely empty. The requirement was given verbally: build an app to control a Mars rover — the rover starts at (0, 0) facing north; it supports commands to turn left/right and move; and it should report direction and position after ever…

Shared by a candidate · reported Dec 2025. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.