Airtable·Software Engineer

Airtable Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

Austin, TXPosted Jun 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Recruiter outreach kicked things off, and the early conversation felt more like pressure to apply than an authentic screen.

I ended up doing a technical phone screen where the interview felt like a live-coding trick problem—less about showcasing my real experience and more about noticing and flagging some specific inefficient behavior or using a particular “special term” they wanted. The experience felt contrived and very one-directional, with little room to even introduce myself or ask thoughtful questions at the end.

After that, the process moved into a virtual onsite spread across two days with multiple interviews lasting roughly three to four hours each day. Most of the rounds again leaned into live-coding

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