CarGurus·Software Engineer

CarGurus Software Engineer interview experience

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Boston, MAPosted Jun 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a short recruiter call, I scheduled a technical phone screen that ran close to an hour.

It covered a pretty wide range: data model thinking, SQL, and topics around common data structures and performance tradeoffs like hash tables and linked lists, plus caching and debugging scenarios. I felt like I did fairly well, even if I wasn’t perfect.

A few days later I heard the decision, and the feedback surprised me less on performance and more on fit. I was told they were looking for someone with more web development experience. I remember feeling frustrated that they hadn’t rejected me earlier since my resume showed the technical background I thought they were targeting, and the

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