Abnormal AI·Software Engineer

Abnormal AI Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

San Francisco, CAPosted May 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My recruiter and phone screen phase felt normal, but the onsite stood out sharply.

After the initial rounds, I was taken to an engineers round where the experience felt surprisingly combative. I got the sense the interviewers weren’t prepared to run the session well, and the mood shifted quickly into judgment—nitpicking small details, asking indirect questions to pull out specific answers, and generally feeling like the tone was more about scrutiny than collaboration.

The discussion also felt tightly centered on Python as their entire stack, and I got the impression they valued following instructions and catching flaws in others. As the day went on, the overall vibe

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