Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States
Process
Applied online -> recruiter screen -> technical screen.
Finished a two-part coding exercise. I thought it went extremely well, although it wasn't perfect. I had two "why is this not working" moments that I quickly corrected without any hints.
After several days, they sent a generic response stating they were not interested.
If I had done the same coding exercise again, I couldn't have improved my performance significantly.
I asked the recruiter for feedback and got ghosted. I'm filing this one under "weird experiences." Waste of time. I will not apply for a position with this company in the future.
Questions
The question was to build a TCP server.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Discord Staff Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
Discord's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Discord's Staff Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Discord Work Experiences
- 5.0Great Leadership, Bureaucratic HassleStaff Software Engineer • Former EmployeeJuly 31, 2025Pros: I enjoyed leadership, and the benefits were great.Cons: Lots of big company bureaucracy (requirement documents, performance review optimization, etc.).
- 4.0Good product, growing painsStaff Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 25, 2024Pros: - Enthusiastic user base. - Lots of interesting technical challenges. - Interesting tech to work with (Elixir, Rust, etc.).Cons: - Lots of product churn. - Toxic positivity. - Middle management has high variability in quality. - Workloads are not fair. Some teams are overstaffed, some understaffed. On-call and interview duties are not fairly distributed.
- 5.0High-calibre tech company, commercially strong, video gaming adjacentEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeSeptember 2, 2025Pros: - Everybody I've gotten to work with so far is impressive and confidence-inspiring. - The company is gaming-adjacent, meaning the culture is very gaming-forward without the QoL issues of an actual game developer. - Company stability matters more than ever in this market, and Discord absolutely offers that.Cons: - Hiring is still SF-preferred for many roles.
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