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Engineering Manager Interview Experience - Madrid, Spain

October 6, 2026
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took three months.

  • Initial HR interview.
  • Take-home challenge of making an allrecipes.com-like site based off of seed data.
  • A call to discuss the take-home challenge.

During the interview, everything seemed to go well. It was honestly quite easy. But the feedback afterwards was out of whack. It had nothing to do with the interview I was a part of. During the interview, I kept checking if I was explaining myself by asking, "Does this answer your question?" or "Did I explain myself correctly?" All I got was "Yes." It made me think this is one of those companies that to your face won't ask questions and won't give you feedback out of psychological safety or whatever. They'll wait until you sink to tell you how you did everything wrong. I'll take radical candor, or at least not a straightforward lie, rather than having my time wasted. Good riddance!

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Pennylane Engineering Manager role in Madrid, Community of Madrid.

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Pass Rate

Pennylane's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in Madrid, Community of Madrid is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Pennylane's Engineering Manager interview process in Madrid, Community of Madrid.

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