CarGurus·Software Engineer

CarGurus Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I was initially reached out to by a sourcer on LinkedIn, which led to a recruiter call that went well.

Not long after, I had a phone screen with an engineer and cleared it because the questions felt very easy. After that, I was asked about my availability for onsite.

My timeline got messy right away. I told them I couldn’t attend due to a health reason and respectfully asked to postpone. They gave me a new date, but that one also slipped when a team member wasn’t available. When I requested the next new date, I didn’t hear back for about a week, and eventually I received a rejection email.

What surprised me most was how drawn out the rescheduling became without clear updates, and how

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