I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks.
The HR lady was rather nice. The tech interview was cringe. Asking the difference between HTTP and HTTPS in the big 2026 should be considered poor taste for a company of Bolt's scale. The guy seemed like a robot, with soulless perfect answers for my questions and no expressions.
What happens when you enter a URL into a browser? What's the difference between HTTP and HTTPS? What encryption does HTTPS use, and why would we need HTTPS?
A medium LeetCode BFS question tailored using Bolt's "problem".
The following metrics were computed from 21 interview experiences for the Bolt Software Engineer role.
Bolt's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bolt's Software Engineer interview process.