AlphaSense·Software Engineer

AlphaSense Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

IndiaPosted Jul 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After an initial conversation with an engineering manager, I moved into a more technical team interview that centered on a take-home assignment focused on system design.

During the later discussion, the team also asked me several Kubernetes questions—some of them were more factual than conceptual, and I ended up fumbling a couple.

What stuck with me most was the way the take-home feedback was handled. I had been able to defend my design choices clearly, but the interviewers seemed to ignore the feedback I’d received. HR had also framed the process like they were looking for an all-knowing expert, which honestly didn’t match the maturity level of what came up during the interview.

I didn’t receive an offer, and the whole experience left me confused about the

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