Carfax·Software Engineer

Carfax Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

London, ONPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a phone screening with HR that was pretty straightforward—no technical questions, just a review of my resume.

The next step was a two-hour interview. The first hour focused on technical topics around React, Java, JavaScript, and SQL, and the second hour was made up of multiple coding questions that were split between Java and SQL.

Before we began, the recruiter told me the questions would be centered on debugging. That detail helped set my expectations, but the round still felt demanding because it mixed language-specific fundamentals with practical problem solving. I had to stay sharp across both the conceptual area and the hands-on coding/debugging portions.

I didn’t receive an offer, but the

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