Alarm·Software Engineer

Alarm Software Engineer interview experience

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New York, NYPosted Dec 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a short HR screening call and then did a HackerRank assignment, followed by a long series of one-on-one interviews that clocked in at several hours.

What surprised me was that the later interviews leaned heavily on discussion of my resume and experience, and the only “coding” component was basically reviewing what I’d submitted earlier rather than writing new code live.

In one of the later conversations, I met with the employee who would have been my manager, and then I went through additional interviews with senior engineers. The early technical check felt high level—more about confirming I was generally qualified—while the subsequent interviews were more technical and tailored. Each person spent focused time getting to know me and

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