CarGurus Software Engineer interview experience

The challenge itself included several SQL problems with a given schema and also questions about diagnosing site availability and slow or non-loading pages. There was one coding problem that felt genuinely fun and challenging, and I remember thinking it was close to a “medium” style LeetCode concept but with a twist that made it harder than the reference problem.

After the session, the recruiter reached out quickly with a “didn’t get the job” update, but the part that stood out was that she offered detailed feedback instead of leaving me hanging. We even did a short follow-up conversation