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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

September 13, 2017
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

This was the worst interview experience possible.

First, I received an email from the recruiter, likely automated, stating that I would receive a coding challenge using Lytmus.

After two days, I finally received an email with the link to the challenge. I started the challenge, and everything went smoothly, taking approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete.

I emailed the recruiter for a follow-up, and they informed me that I had received an incorrect link and would have to retake the challenge.

Why? How hard is it to ensure you send a correct link or to accept my submission? I am not your unpaid slave who has three hours every day, balancing work and school, to do projects for a chance at working at your company.

I decided not to finish the other challenge, as my time is more valuable than that, and I do not want to work at a place that treats interested candidates this way.

Not to mention, their new challenge asks visual recognition and API usage questions/challenges, all to be completed in under two hours for the chance at an internship.

Questions

Detect black pixels in a white image.

Add feature to the Pinterest API.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 31 interview experiences for the Pinterest Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

19%
Pass Rate

Pinterest's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive61%
Neutral13%
Negative26%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Pinterest's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

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