Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience
Process
Fairly manageable coding challenge, then a phone call technical interview. On the phone call, they asked about what knowledge I had of servers and Linux commands. This might have been warranted given that the official title of the position was "Site Reliability Intern," but I was nevertheless unprepared for it. I think my lack of knowledge of these things really killed the opportunity.
Questions
The phone interview was about deleting matching pairs of letters in a string.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Squarespace Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.
Success Rate
Squarespace'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
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Squarespace's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.
Squarespace Work Experiences
- 4.0Great place to work, interesting tech and personnelSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNovember 1, 2023Pros: Great work life balance and decent comp and benefits.Cons: Lots of legacy tech and lots of incompetent staff engineers who only hold that title because of their tenure. The infrastructure org is pretty amateur.
- 5.0Good companyEngineering Lead • Former EmployeeNew York, NYJuly 8, 2021Pros: Loved the people and work environment. Bosses were supportive.Cons: Growing too fast and had some challenges among leadership in articulating product direction.
- 4.0Great Work-Life BalanceSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, NYJune 10, 2025Pros: * Trust * Autonomy * Opportunities to learnCons: * The dev environment is a hassle. * New York isn't for everyone. * The technology could be more interesting.
