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Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

May 1, 2026
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Pretty typical for a company of this size and maturity.

  1. Recruiter screen
  2. Hiring manager screen - half behavioral, half LeetCode style. The problem was "easy" level
  3. Onsite -- this is system design, another LeetCode, and a behavioral. The system design was the more challenging of the two as the LeetCode was a "medium" and was more just time-constraints.

I actually really enjoyed meeting everyone -- I was given a verbal offer. About 4 days later they did a 22% layoff and so I could not wait for leadership to decide what they were going to do about headcount, as I had another offer in waiting.

Overall the people seem great, recruiter was top-notch. I'm not so sure about C-level leadership and decisions just based on things I've heard through the grapevine.

Questions

What do you do to improve yourself 1% every day? (This is one of their company cultural things)

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the ClickUp Staff Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

33%
Pass Rate

ClickUp's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%
Neutral33%
Negative33%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for ClickUp's Staff Software Engineer interview process in United States.