The process was pretty standard and closely followed the very helpful guide the recruiter sent out:
Although the recruiters I interacted with were great, I didn't feel like the interviewers were very engaged. Out of all the rounds, only 1 interviewer seemed like they were really paying attention and interacting with me. Everyone else was either going straight down a list of questions or seemed like they didn't really want to be there (maybe they already made up their mind about me as a candidate beforehand?).
Overall, my experience was very "meh." None of my interviewers were rude or anything, but the interview process did not portray a sense of collaborative culture (like how Facebook and Google interviewers are trained on), nor did it make me feel like Notion interviewers remembered that the process is also for the candidate to judge whether or not they want to work with them.
Even though I didn't get an offer, my interviewing experience at Notion didn't make me excited to work with the people I interviewed with either. Maybe that's a signal that it just really wasn't a good fit.
All the questions followed very closely to the interviewing guide, and each question had a notion-y spin.
The following metrics were computed from 28 interview experiences for the Notion Software Engineer role in United States.
Notion's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Notion's Software Engineer interview process in United States.