Backend Engineering Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
Had a simple phone call with a recruiter that just went over my experience and asked me a few basic questions about things like agile. Answered all of them and was told, word for word, "looks like your experience matches up you'll definitely be hearing about next steps within the next few weeks".
2 weeks go by and the recruiter just ignores my emails only to be given some automated rejection email about 2.5 weeks after the interview. The phone call did nothing but go over my experience and the recruiter believed I was a good fit.
Absolute joke of a recruiting process. The other reviews all make sense.
Questions
Can you explain what the Agile development process is?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Pendo Backend Engineering role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Pendo's interview process for their Backend Engineering roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Pendo's Backend Engineering interview process in New York, New York.
Pendo Work Experiences
- 2.0Kind of a messEngineering • Former EmployeeRaleigh, North CarolinaJune 25, 2025Pros: There are some genuinely good people to work with. Benefits and salary are decent.Cons: The company has no idea what to do with its product. I'm sure it was great 10 years ago and customers really loved it back then but it's not even any good at this point. Even Pendo can't get any value out of its own product. And the executive team is only focused on going backward to when Pendo was small and things worked. But, of course, that's going to be ineffective because the market has changed. Plus the execs are downright bullies once you get past the thin veneer of actually caring about other humans.
- 4.0A great company that truly is culture focused.Software Engineer • Former EmployeeRaleigh, North CarolinaMay 8, 2024Pros: The company truly cares about you as an employee, workloads always felt manageable, and the people were smart and really passionate about building a great product and collaborating.Cons: The layoffs hit very randomly while I was there. Management seemed to be a little lost at how to continue to grow in the space and felt very scrambly. Lots of hiring visionaries only for them to turn the direction of new products around before leaving to some other company when it wasn't picking up enough traction.
- 5.0A company with a clear visionSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSheffield, United KingdomAugust 29, 2022Pros: - Clear vision for the future - Takes care of its employees - Good career opportunities - Clear career progression - Good range of benefitsCons: Not many, sometimes there's some content switching but not more than any other company.
