Abnormal AI Software Engineer interview experience

After that, I did a coding exercise with an AI assistant and then a take-home code review step.

The manager interview was the part that felt most off. The conversation included repeated doubts about my experience, including questions that felt narrowly focused—like how many lines of code I’d written for a service I’d worked on—despite me explaining the broader, multi-team scope of what I’d led for quarters. The interviewer’s tone turned into a sense that the decision had already been made, even when I tried to clarify.

By the end, I wasn’t just disappointed by the result; I felt like the