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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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- Precisely Software Engineer Interview Experience: a cold and unwelcoming interactionPrecisely · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
The interview left a sour taste from the beginning. The conversation felt cold, and the interviewer came across as unfriendly and unwelcoming. The atmosphere did not feel professionally run, and it kept me on edge instead of letting me settle in and discuss my background. By the end, I did not feel as though I had been through a normal hiring loop. I felt dismissed by the tone and the way the int…
- PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS Consultant interview: five rounds, case study, and partner discussionPRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS · Consultant · Other · Jul 2026Offer
I went through a long, tightly sequenced process with five rounds, each involving two people. It began informally, then moved into behavioral questions and a case study. After I completed the case, senior managers interviewed me again. The pace accelerated after the case. I took a 60-minute test and then ended with a final conversation with partners. The process was difficult because of both the…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview experiencePrime Video · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026Offer
Before the interviews, I spent hours on coding challenges and felt the preparation pay off immediately. The first technical question was about substring lengths and matched something I had seen while preparing. I was then asked about merging linked lists, followed by a behavioral question about frugality. The process was straightforward and approachable, which surprised me given the usual intensi…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: campus OA, graph problems, and GenAI discussionPrime Video · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
The process was shaped by an on-campus format with several elimination steps before anything resembling a final loop. It began with an OA that included frequency-based sorting, greedy and observation-based array work, an Amazon Leadership Principles work simulation, and a feedback and workstyle survey. Round 1 was a 1-hour virtual interview using Zoom and a live coding platform. After a short int…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: coding and leadership-principles screenPrime Video · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
After recruiter outreach, I went through a focused phone interview process with one coding round and two leadership-principles-style questions. Coding and the principles felt like two parts of the same test: I needed to show general engineering ability and communicate how I was thinking. I did not need deep knowledge of the exact team. The recruiter presented it as a general-skill screen about ho…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: coding assessment, live coding and leadership principlesPrime Video · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
I started with an online coding assessment on data structures, algorithms, and basic problem-solving. The technical interviews that followed combined live coding, system-design fundamentals, and Amazon leadership principles. The interviewers were professional and kept asking follow-ups to understand my reasoning, not only the final answer. It was challenging, but organized enough that I could tel…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: compact practical roundsPrime Video · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
I had two one-hour interviews. Each included one technical question and Leadership Principles. I was also asked about AI use. A hiring manager introduced one round with a top-k-style problem without an API. Another technical prompt used a restaurant-manager scenario involving groups arriving, so it felt more applied than a textbook coding exercise. I did not receive an offer. For such a short pro…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: debugging and virtual loopPrime Video · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
My first technical task was a web-app debugging exercise rather than pure LeetCode. A limited AI assistant could read files and explain them, but it would not give me the answer. I still had to reason through the code and find the bug myself. The later virtual loop covered data structures, system design, debugging, and behavioral discussion around Amazon Leadership Principles. The technical work…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: difficult online assessmentPrime Video · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
The online assessment was harder than I expected. It had three LeetCode-style questions. I completed the easier first one, brute-forced parts of the second, and could not fully solve the third, which was in the medium-to-hard range. The questions emphasized data structures and edge cases. One late question had many scenarios to account for. I could move between questions and return to earlier one…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: DSA and Leadership PrinciplesPrime Video · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
The process leaned heavily on DSA, Leadership Principles, and some low-level design. I felt the evaluation was split between algorithmic problem solving and how I communicated through the Leadership Principles lens. The DSA rounds varied in difficulty but were LeetCode-like. They included medium problems and at least one hard question with DP and graph themes. I had to explain my thinking, time a…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: DSA, design, and leadership principlesPrime Video · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
My process began with an online assessment on data structures and algorithms. Soon after that, I had a technical phone screen, followed by a final loop of multiple consecutive rounds. What I remember most is how much the later interviews emphasized Amazon leadership principles alongside system design. The technical and behavioral sides were not separate in the loop. System design was a major them…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: four difficult global roundsPrime Video · Software Engineer · Other · Jul 2026
I had four one-hour interviews with people in different countries, and it was the hardest interview experience I had done. Even so, nobody was disrespectful. Everyone stayed attentive and respectful. The mix was technical and behavioral. One round covered troubleshooting, leadership-principle questions such as Bias for Action, and GenAI fluency. Another used coding problem solving tied to Deliver…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: four in-person roundsPrime Video · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
After I finished the online assessment, I eventually heard back and was invited to an in-person set of interviews. The process was smooth, professional, and friendly. I had four rounds with a lunch break in the middle. One was purely behavioral, while the other three blended behavioral discussion with technical evaluation. The technical topics I remember were topological graph sorting, cycle dete…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: online assignment and medium coding questionPrime Video · Software Engineer · Jul 2026Offer
My process began with a straightforward online assignment. After a wait, I was invited to one additional round. That round combined a LeetCode-style medium coding question with a short behavioral section. It felt balanced: I had to solve the problem and talk through my experience and behavioral instincts in the same session. Location: Culver City, CA. Overall feedback: positive. Offer status: got…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: prior Python services and module ownershipPrime Video · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
A recruiter brought me into what felt like a screen focused on experience. Rather than starting with deep technical questions, the conversation was about my previous company and what I had been doing day to day. I described my work on Python services and a module system I built, stressing how critical it was to the broader setup. That focus on my actual work history shaped the interview and did n…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: recruiter screen and shared-editor live codingPrime Video · Software Engineer · HR Screen · Jul 2026
I first had a brief recruiter phone screen of about 30 minutes, focused on my background and résumé. I was then invited to a technical video interview with a senior engineer. That video round took around 60 minutes. After introductions, I completed a live coding challenge in a shared editor. The rest shifted to system-design basics and my past projects. It was a mix of building, explaining, and c…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: sliding window and debuggingPrime Video · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
The interviews started simply enough with a behavioral component and a LeetCode-style coding problem. I found the behavioral part harder than expected because it was situation based and open ended. They cared about how I would approach a scenario and what my thinking looked like. In the phone-style flow, I also had a medium-difficulty coding question that used something like a sliding-window appr…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: STAR stories and networking depthPrime Video · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
The recruiter-style phone screen started with my background and became more probing as it went on. I described my current experience and projects, and each answer brought questions about why I'd made particular choices. Using STAR helped organize my stories, though the follow-ups became increasingly technical. I also answered networking questions about TCP/IP, OSPF and BGP. More structured interv…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: take-home and AI toolPrime Video · Software Engineer · Jul 2026Rejected
I began with a HackerRank take-home and did not solve everything perfectly. A second task used 'AI assistance,' but the tool felt unusable to me, so it was more of a distraction than help. I still advanced to an interview with LeetCode-style questions and questions about my experience. It came too soon for me to recover from the earlier work, and I was rejected the next day. The earlier gaps felt…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: timed DSA and leadership loopPrime Video · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
I had four one-hour interviews: three coding rounds and one system-design round. Each included about 25 minutes of Leadership Principles questions, so I had to manage technical work and leadership discussion within the same schedule. The DSA questions were medium to hard and involved graphs, DP, edge cases, and explaining my reasoning. My past projects came up often enough that I needed to connec…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: two DSA questions, leadership scenarios and waitlistPrime Video · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
My online assessment had two DSA questions as well as multiple-choice scenario questions about leadership quality. After I was shortlisted, I had a technical online interview with two more DSA problems, and I solved them. The interviews felt organized and consistent. They were not only about abstract coding; leadership expectations and structured thinking also showed up in the questions. Even aft…
- Prime Video Software Engineer interview: two practical programming problemsPrime Video · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
My assessment was practical and a little different from standard LeetCode. I got two programming questions that increased in difficulty. The first was fairly trivial math, while the second was more interactive and open ended about what they wanted. For the second problem, I had to work out the intended requirements and then implement several functions to make the solution work. It felt as though…
- Procter & Gamble Financial Analyst interview: structured examplesProcter & Gamble · Financial Analyst · Jul 2026
After a recruiter conversation, I had two more rounds. The first covered why I wanted the role and company, how I found it, my background, and follow-ups that made me be specific about what I had done and learned. The second was more CV-driven. I walked through parts of my resume and answered questions about my reasoning and experience. I needed clear examples with context, my actions, and the re…
- Product Manager interview at Capital OneCapital One · Product Manager · Jul 2026
I started with a phone screen, then a Virtual Job Tryout, a mini case around a Capital One product, and finally Power Day. Recruiter communication and the materials made the sequence somewhat predictable, but there were enough checkpoints that mistakes still felt costly. Power Day meant four back-to-back one-hour interviews. I worked through a case tied to a product I had worked on, product round…
- Product Manager interview at LinkedIn: compressed virtual loopLinkedIn · Product Manager · Jul 2026
My virtual loop had five rounds with senior-director or director-level product people. Each was about 30 minutes, so the pace felt rushed and there was a lot to get through quickly. Most of the conversations were behavioral, followed by two product questions that served as a quick sense check. People were engaged, but the format left little room to explore nuance. I had expected more time to show…
- Product Manager interview at RevolutRevolut · Product Manager · Jul 2026
I began with a short recruiter screen where the process, next steps, and some basics about motivation were explained. Then I moved into a practical evaluation and product-focused questions. In the problem-solving round, I worked on a trading-related prompt about improving gross profit for a trading feature. I asked clarifying questions and structured the problem myself while the interviewer staye…
- Project Manager interview at Migso-Pcubed: discourteous processMigso-Pcubed · Project Manager · Jul 2026Withdrew
The HR conversation started well and felt calm and fluid, but the manager interview was frustrating. I had the impression that the manager was discovering my CV during the call even though it seemed it should already have been reviewed. I felt spoken down to, and the meeting ended quickly when I said where I lived, which made the evaluation feel rushed. In a related part of the process, an HR mee…
- Project Manager interview at TransPerfect: no feedback after a good first roundTransPerfect · Project Manager · Jul 2026
In my first interview, I discussed my background, skills, motivation for the role, and interest. I felt I explained myself clearly and that the discussion went well. I was not selected to proceed after that round and was not given a reason. The lack of feedback made it difficult to know whether the issue was improvement, timing, or fit. I did not receive an offer; the conversation itself was posi…
- Prudential Ins Co Of America In Financial Analyst interview: reserves and SQLPrudential Ins Co Of America In · Financial Analyst · HR Screen · Jul 2026
After a recruiter touchpoint, I had four interviews in total: an initial screen and three follow-ups. The process was much harder than I expected, and the interviewers wanted answers on the spot. The questions included actuarial-adjacent Financial Analyst material such as reserves and coding-style concepts. There was also a SQL segment about joins and how they are used. The technical questioning…
- Publicis Sapient Software Engineer interview: technical questions and an uncomfortable tonePublicis Sapient · Software Engineer · Onsite · Jul 2026
The first round was a face-to-face technical interview. I could answer the questions, which were fairly straightforward. What bothered me was that the interviewer kept giggling while I spoke. It made the setting feel disrespectful and uncomfortable. I tried to stay focused and finish my answers, but the repeated reactions left me feeling I wasn't being taken seriously. The technical content itsel…
