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3935 interview stories from candidates at 857 companies: how each round went, what was asked and how it ended. Every company page links to practice questions in the same style.
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- ADCI - Karnataka Software Engineer interview: three technical rounds and a behavioral finalADCI - Karnataka · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
I started with an online assessment and then spoke with a recruiter. Next came four rounds over two days, each about an hour. Three were technical, and the fourth was behavioral and based on leadership principles. The behavioral round had no coding. It was entirely about how I had handled past situations. Taking two days made the process drag somewhat, but the questions were not overly punishing.…
- ADCI - Karnataka Software Engineer interview: timed code and debugging home testADCI - Karnataka · Software Engineer · Take-home Project · Jul 2026
I received a home test with two hands-on parts. First, I had a HackerRank or LeetCode-style question in a fixed 40-minute window. Then I had 60 minutes to debug a full-stack-app repository where one API call was not behaving as expected. The task was to find the bug and make changes until every test passed. It felt hard because a real-project workflow contains moving context, and I needed to trac…
- ADCI - Karnataka Software Engineer interview: Two Sum and longest substring questionsADCI - Karnataka · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026Offer
The online assessment had two DSA questions and behavioral questions. After that, I had an interview with two more DSA questions at an easy-to-medium level. They were Two Sum at the easy level and Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters at the medium level. The process was smooth and the decision came quickly. I was selected and accepted an offer. The criteria were clear: DSA came first, w…
- ADCI - Karnataka Software Engineer interview: waitlisted after DSAADCI - Karnataka · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
After being shortlisted, I took an online assessment with coding and behavioral-style questions. The coding portion covered data structures and algorithms, including an explanation of brute force versus optimal approaches and time and space complexity. I then had a coding-heavy online DSA round with two questions. I felt reasonably confident in my approach, but it moved quickly and did not turn i…
- Adobe Account Executive Interview Experience: prospecting task and no closureAdobe · Account Executive · HR Screen · Jul 2026No response
The process lasted about four rounds and felt more demanding than a standard recruiter-to-manager path. It began with a discovery-style conversation and a peer interview. I was also asked to prospect for a meeting with the hiring manager. That task was awkward because the hiring manager did not answer calls and had a private LinkedIn profile, so outreach was not straightforward even though the pr…
- Adobe Account Executive interview: supportive first round followed by radio silenceAdobe · Account Executive · Jul 2026No response
The process felt normal and contained, with about three rounds. It began with a recruiter conversation, then a task, and finally a meeting with the hiring manager. Communication ran smoothly at first, and the recruiter was especially supportive. I received helpful, actionable feedback instead of vague notes. After the first round, the experience did not continue that way. I got nothing back. Ther…
- Adobe Research Analyst Interview Experience: One-hour research conversationAdobe · Research Analyst · Intern · Technical Screen · Jul 2026Offer
After a recruiter touchpoint, I had one technical conversation with a team member. It lasted an hour and stayed mainly focused on the research I had already done and where I wanted to take it during the internship. The process moved quickly. I had the interview and received a decision about two weeks later. There was not much jumping between steps. It was essentially a discussion about my work an…
- ADP Account Executive Interview Experience: Two efficient Zoom fit conversationsADP · Account Executive · HR Screen · Jul 2026
My interview moved quickly and had a clear structure. After a short recruiter call, I had a brief Zoom conversation that began with an overview of the role and moved into a prepared set of questions. It lasted about half an hour, so there was not much room to drift, and I appreciated that clarity. The next step was another efficient Zoom conversation with leadership. It stayed on basic fit and my…
- ADP Account Executive interview: behavioral sales questions and missing follow-upADP · Account Executive · Jul 2026
After a recruiter conversation about the role, I met sales leadership over Zoom. The flow felt organized and reasonable on timing, with each round checking a different part of my background and fit. I got standard why-sales and why-ADP questions, but the focus stayed on my work, how I handle situations, and whether I had the drive to close. The process was behavior-focused. My answers needed stru…
- ADP Consultant interview: a month-long wait and stalled application statusADP · Consultant · Online Assessment · Jul 2026No response
What stayed with me was the duration and lack of clarity. I started with a video interview that let me record answers more than once, followed by a skills assessment. I was then scheduled to meet a manager and hiring manager and was told I would hear back by the end of that week. Instead, the email came a full month later and said they had moved forward with someone else. In a separate part of th…
- ADP Software Engineer interview: campus internship driveADP · Software Engineer · Intern · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
I attended ADP's campus software-internship drive at DYPCOE Akurdi in Pune. It began with an online assessment, followed by two technical interviews and an HR interview. The structure was clear as it moved from coding into deeper technical discussion and then HR. The technical rounds emphasized fundamentals and connecting my background to the work they were evaluating. By HR, the conversation was…
- ADP Software Engineer SQL and project interview experienceADP · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
My process followed an online assessment, two technical rounds, and HR. The assessment filtered for coding and basic problem-solving. The interviews then focused more on concepts I would use day to day. SQL was a major part of the first technical round, including joins and outer joins. I also discussed OOP topics such as method overriding and overloading. The interviewer asked about a problem fro…
- Advanced Micro Devices Software Engineer interview: technical panels and C++ STLAdvanced Micro Devices · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
The first conversation was a quick discussion with the hiring manager about my day-to-day experience and previous work. From there, I moved into technical panels with several interviewers evaluating me at once. They asked about both problem solving and technical depth, and seemed interested in how I reasoned through a question. The panels included medium LeetCode-style problems and more logic-hea…
- Adyen Account Executive interview: missing customer contextAdyen · Account Executive · HR Screen · Jul 2026Withdrew
Recruiting contacted me several times over about two months. Once I finally replied, the process followed a normal path: recruiter first, then a hiring-manager round that felt as though it went well. The third round surprised me because nobody had told me it would be a set of hypothetical, multilayered customer questions. I could speak at length about my own customers and had strong stories, but…
- Adyen Software Engineer interview: unclear final communicationAdyen · Software Engineer · HR Screen · Jul 2026No response
My interviews lasted a while, and the technical work was not the part that stayed with me most. I began with recruiter screening, then went through several rounds with technical discussion followed by leadership or manager-style conversations. At one point I was told I would be brought to the Amsterdam office for a leadership interview. That final round felt inconsistent with what I had shown ear…
- AECOM Software Engineer interview: cooling systems and confidential project boundariesAECOM · Software Engineer · HR Screen · Jul 2026
My three-round process began with a talent screening call and then a deeper technical conversation with technical hiring managers. That discussion covered complex hyperscaler facility design, including dual-path hydraulic loops, strict thermal-margin calculations when switching between air and liquid cooling in mixed-density data halls, and rapid economizer or free-cooling switchovers during extr…
- AECOM Software Engineer interview: supportive conversations and decision timelinesAECOM · Software Engineer · HR Screen · Jul 2026
The process was structured without being high stress. I started with a recruiter or HR touchpoint, then spoke with technical or hiring managers about what I had done and what they expected from someone joining the team. The rounds focused on experience rather than obscure problems. Some interviews felt especially supportive. In one, the engineers responded quickly and made it clear I could ask qu…
- Affirm Software Engineer interview: finance-style coding and a timed technical screenAffirm · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
My online assessment felt like a finance-specific LeetCode problem. Afterward, I had a 30-minute recruiter screen about the role and logistics, including compensation, the actual work and cultural fit. It wasn't a particularly deep conversation, but it gave me an idea of what they wanted. Next came a technical screen where I shared my screen for a timed coding problem. I only saw the prompt when…
- Agentic System Design and a Coding Round That Turned Into 2D DPGoogle · Forward Deployed Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
The Google FDE interview mainly had two rounds. One round was basically an agentic system design round — just a casual chat with the interviewer about problems in agent system design. Questions included how to scale the agent, how to keep it safe, and what to do about agent infinite loops. The other round was SDE coding, and this is the one I really want to vent about. At first I felt pretty good…
- Agilent Technologies Software Engineer interview: five-round onsiteAgilent Technologies · Software Engineer · HR Screen · Jul 2026Offer
After a recruiter call, I went through a longer sequence of evaluation rounds. About a week later I had a technical screen, followed by a five-round onsite. The onsite combined coding, system design, behavioral questions, and a domain-focused segment. It was intense and lasted several hours with multiple interviewers. I also saw that some roles in the process required a slide presentation about a…
- Agoda Software Engineer interview: a moderate online assessmentAgoda · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
My first major step was an online assessment with multiple-choice and DSA questions. It felt moderate rather than brutal, and I solved most of what I saw, so it came across as reasonably straightforward. I finished feeling that it was a solid fundamentals test instead of an obscure trick. I did not receive an offer, but it still seemed like a fair, well-scoped online screen. My performance mostly…
- Airbnb Software Engineer interview experienceAirbnb · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
I applied for a Staff Software Engineer role and then heard nothing for more than a month. When I finally got an email, it invited me to a CodeSignal technical interview. The interface looked polished and had practice exercises, but the editor felt limited compared with a VS Code-style workspace and lacked conveniences such as autocompletion. The HackerRank-style assessment allowed 90 minutes and…
- Airbus Americas Customer Services Software Engineer HireVue processAirbus Americas Customer Services · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
I began with a HireVue interview and answered questions through prerecorded video responses. If HR validated my application, I moved to a manager interview. The early manager involvement depended on clearing that HR gate. The manager conversation was a direct discussion of the role and how I would fit. It did not have heavy technical depth in my experience, but it still seemed to evaluate whether…
- Airbus Americas Customer Services Software Engineer Interview Experience: recorded verbal coding and AI questionsAirbus Americas Customer Services · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
The process began with a proctored online screen that felt unusual. It included a coding question, but instead of writing code, I had to answer verbally while being recorded. That set a different tone from what I expected. A few rounds later, I went to the Airbus office for more interviews. The second and third rounds felt relatively easy and focused heavily on my project history, what I knew abo…
- Airbus Americas Customer Services Software Engineer interview: CV and structuresAirbus Americas Customer Services · Software Engineer · Other · Jul 2026
The interviews leaned heavily on my CV. Two panelists divided the questions between them, and most of the conversation stayed close to my resume. They also tested basic fundamentals rather than advanced or unfamiliar material. A substantial part used scenarios involving aircraft structural concepts. It felt as though they wanted to know whether I understood the principles well enough to apply the…
- Airbus Americas Customer Services Software Engineer interview: motivation and waitAirbus Americas Customer Services · Software Engineer · HR Screen · Jul 2026
The process began with a quick initial call about the company and my motivation. It also covered why I wanted to work in Spain, so the location question was specific rather than generic. Then I met with a manager and HR in a fairly classic format: discussion of my profile and CV, motivations, and a mix of technical and personal-fit themes depending on what they wanted to explore. From the early v…
- Airbus Americas Software Engineer HireVue and manager discussionsAirbus Americas · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
I started with the fully automated HireVue video stage. I recorded answers to preset questions with limited preparation time, enough to plan wording but not fully compose it. I could rerecord for each question in at least part of the process, so it felt more like iterating on delivery than brainstorming live. After HR validated me, I had a manager interview about my background, fit, and situation…
- Airbus Americas Software Engineer interview experience: verbal coding to AI and HRAirbus Americas · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
I began with a proctored online screen where I was given a coding question and had to answer verbally instead of writing code. It was a strange setup because it seemed to assess how I explained my thinking, not what I could put on the screen. For the next rounds, I went to the Airbus office. The second and third were fairly light and focused on my projects, what I knew about Skywise and Airbus, a…
- Airbus Americas Software Engineer interview: bilingual fit discussionAirbus Americas · Software Engineer · HR Screen · Jul 2026
One session combined HR and a developer in the same block. The questions were general, with no technical assessment, and the conversation switched languages: French first, then English. The wait afterward stretched for a long time, which I assumed was connected to security and background checks. Earlier in the process, I had another interview that was more relaxed and discussion-based. It did not…
- Airbus Group Software Engineer HireVue and manager interviewAirbus Group · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
The process started with a HireVue interview, which was unfamiliar to me. I recorded responses to questions with only a short preparation window before the camera started. It was fully automated, with no conversation partner, and that lack of interaction felt destabilizing. After I completed it, the next step was a manager interview if HR validated me. The flow was simple: recorded screening, HR…
