Appfolio Software Engineer interview experience

I went through multiple coding-focused conversations and at least one system design style discussion. The interviews themselves weren’t always brutal; the prompts covered things like data structures, runtime complexity, and classic live coding mechanics, and sometimes feedback was shared after the fact. Even so, I left some rounds feeling like the time constraints were tight and that performance mattered more than demonstrating ability to reason under pressure.

The bigger problem hit after I invested the effort. I received vague or generic no’s, and when I asked for clarification I got vague