Process
I had a quick call with the recruiter who said she would pass my resume to the hiring manager.
A coordinator responded with an email of times for me to select for the technical screen, and I responded with five days of availability.
There was no response. After my final day of availability, the coordinator emailed back and asked me to select times in the following two days. I picked one, and then they set up the tech screen.
It was not the smoothest process, even though the recruiter (like many these days) talked a good game about how they could speed up the process if needed.
The coordinator specified nothing regarding the format of the tech screen, but it was conducted through a HackerRank-type site.
Two interviewers showed up: a Principal Engineer and a Senior Engineer.
The tech screen included some light questions about past work and then some coding.
The first two were easy:
- Reverse letters in a word.
- Reverse words in a sentence.
The third one was to reverse words but keep punctuation in place.
Questions
Reverse words in a string, but keep the punctuation marks in the same order. For example, "Hello, world!" would end up being "world, Hello!"
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 30 interview experiences for the Toast Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
Toast's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having good feelings for Toast's Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Toast Work Experiences
- 5.0Great place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesMarch 10, 2022Pros: The environment is very welcoming.Cons: Can't really think of any cons, to be honest.
- 3.0Remote Work, Endless MeetingsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeApril 7, 2025Pros: - Remote - Generally nice and collaborative coworkers - Benefits and compensation if you joined at a low stock price.Cons: Crazy amount of meetings (20+ hours/week) resulting in no decisions or progress. More often than not, there are times when you have 3-4 hours of back-to-back meetings and no time to take a dump or do actual work. Then, if you are in an org that needs to interface with overseas teams, expect meetings at night from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. This means no downtime to watch TV, go out for date nights, or put your kids to sleep. I would not recommend joining such a team unless you are single or really don’t like your family. General disorganization where you need to monitor random channels with hundreds of people who shoot out random questions into the void. Requirements and design decisions change on a whim. Decisions by committee where everyone can provide different opinions, and no one is there to make a final consensus.
- 5.0Great place to workSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaOctober 27, 2025Pros: Values are maintained. Opportunities are provided to everyone. Employees are treated well.Cons: Nothing found, nothing as such.
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