ADP·Software Engineer

ADP Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

CanadaPosted Jun 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

What stood out most to me was how off-target the technical questions felt.

I applied for a UI React-focused role expecting things around React, JavaScript, component behavior, hooks, state management, and performance. Instead, the interview turned into a backend and CS fundamentals interrogation.

I was asked about Java and object-oriented concepts like polymorphism and interfaces, then I had to explain SQL details like a LEFT JOIN. The questioning also moved into securing endpoints on the backend. As the interview progressed, it became harder to reconcile why these topics were driving the evaluation, especially because they weren’t aligned with the role I thought I

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