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Sr. Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

July 1, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Response was very slow, and I felt like I was being ghosted until I got a rejection after the technical challenge.

In the coding challenge, they wrote: "Do not write unit tests for the sake of time." Don't believe that. I got rejected because I didn't write unit tests, even though it specifically says not to write them.

Also, don't bother using React Query; apparently, the reviewing team doesn't understand how useQuery works.

Communication with the company is also weird. I got an email from them that ended with, "If you have any questions, ask the recruiter." That gave me pause, and frankly, I thought it was fake because wasn't that email supposed to be from the recruiter?

Questions

Give an example of a time you greenfielded a project.

Do a coding challenge. It's a pretty cool project.

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