Benchling Software Engineer interview experience

After an initial screening, I hit rounds where I had to debug an implementation—one exercise had me hunt for multiple bugs and then suggest a way to improve the algorithm afterward. The problems weren’t just plug-and-chug; they wanted me to reason about correctness and efficiency.

On another onsite, the questions were clearly tied to problems the company actually faced. I remember three distinct technical prompts: one that combined debugging and coding, another focused on object-oriented design and testing with code, and a system design round centered on database modeling. The pacing was