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Software Engineer Interview Experience

April 19, 2023
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Honestly, I saw here on Glassdoor some reviews of the weird interview process, and I didn't believe it until I felt that on my skin! To have a chance at a technical interview, you have to pass some online tests and a behavioral part. The online tests are quite long and have nothing to do with computer science, featuring multiple choice tests while a timer is running. You have long texts based on which you have to make assumptions. It was the first time in my life when I saw a software engineering interview which doesn't evaluate your soft skills. That's not okay. If you are good technically, you can still be rejected. If you are a doctor with no software background, you can pass this round with fifty-fifty chances.

Extra: They give you a test for behavior. Of course, nobody is perfect, and you probably will have a weak point, such as being honest. You will receive an email in which it is written why it is not good for someone to be like you and how to change that, so they criticize your way of being. That's not inclusion!

As I read here in another interview review, it's much better to invest your time with a company that really knows what engineering means, and FAANG is a good example. FAANG has a fair process. If they must choose only an engineer out of many people, they make that choice based only on technical skills and not on stupid assumptions. Bending Spoons comes with the excuse that they have too many candidates, and that's why they have this round of non-technical tests. Many more than a tech giant? I don't believe that!

Questions

Exactly what I said when I described the interview process.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 233 interview experiences for the Bending Spoons Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

38%
Pass Rate

Bending Spoons's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive66%
Neutral16%
Negative18%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bending Spoons's Software Engineer interview process.

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