Plaid

Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

November 13, 2025

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied and recruiter reached back. Completed technical interview. The interviewer didn't seem very interested in what I was saying and clearly didn't want to be there. Seems like a cool company though.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 47 interview experiences for the Plaid Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

11%

Pass Rate

Plaid's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive34%

Neutral15%

Negative51%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Plaid's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

Plaid Interview Questions

K Closest Points to Origin

Medium

Find the k points closest to the origin (0, 0) from a given list of points on a 2D plane. The distance is measured using the Euclidean distance.

Arrays

Number of Islands

Medium

Given a grid representing land and water, count the number of distinct islands. An island is formed by connected land cells.

ArraysGraphsRecursion