Avenue Code·Software Engineer

Avenue Code Software Engineer interview experience

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Dallas, TXPosted Mar 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I scheduled a thirty-minute technical phone interview, but the call started late and then stretched into an hour with full video.

The interviewer asked a mix of straightforward Java questions—like what a recent Java version introduced—as well as deeper, slightly unusual prompts. One question pushed me toward debugging a Spring Boot API and how I’d approach it, and another asked how I would write API tests, which turned into a back-and-forth to figure out what kind of testing library he wanted me to mention.

What really stood out was the tone. He also asked about my current company’s practices, criticized them, and after I admitted shortcomings, he criticized me again for not understanding my company’s architecture. The

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