Attentive Software Engineer interview experience

She mentioned that candidates interviewed for the company first, then did team matching afterward. That was my first red flag, especially given how small the engineering org seemed and the seniority level of the roles I was being discussed for.

After that, I interviewed with an engineering manager for an hour where it was split between a coding segment and a project deep dive. It sounded manageable, and I didn’t think it was going to be a long ordeal. But the following week, I was told they weren’t moving forward.

The biggest thing that stuck with me was that the recruiter never even