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Software Engineer Interview Experience

July 28, 2026
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Process

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks.

The entire recruitment process was run for a month and had 5 steps:

  • Initial Screening: Recruiter conversation focused on background, culture fit, and basic alignment.
  • Live Coding Technical Interview: Started with a simple API and progressively added more functions based on a simulated scenario of risk assessment in transactions.
  • System Design Interview: Whiteboard discussion over a scenario of user notification in a system that received data for stock prices.
  • Hiring Manager & Leadership Interview: A round of two interviews discussing previous experience and the technologies I have worked with.
  • Reference Check: Asked for a reference from a previous leader.

Questions

Live coding started with a simple API and progressively added more functions based on a simulated scenario of risk assessment in transactions.

There were a few rules and I would have to assess the transaction based on the rules.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Sardine Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

Sardine's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral50%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Sardine's Software Engineer interview process.