Alarm·Software Engineer

Alarm Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted Dec 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter conversation, I ended up moving fairly quickly into a technical screen and then a full onsite day at their HQ.

The first technical step felt structured: I talked through my resume and projects, and then I was put in front of a timed coding exercise. It was moderately challenging in a way that rewarded thinking things through rather than brute-forcing, and I remember some parts needing efficiency to pass every test case.

Onsite was a long but organized day that started with a quick tour and then split into multiple back-to-back rounds with different employees. Several interviewers began with resume and project follow-ups and then moved into whiteboard algorithm questions. One round added something

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