Chegg·Software Engineer

Chegg Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

IsraelPosted Jan 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a short phone screen and then moved into an in-person format with two developer interviewers.

The conversation covered typical background like “tell me about yourself,” talked through past projects, and then included a technical question. Before I even left, they indicated they wanted to keep going and sent a home assignment by email.

The home assignment ended up being far more time-consuming than I’d expected—at least four full work days. I told the recruiter it wasn’t realistic for my schedule, but they still asked me to do whatever I could. I prepared a server-side portion, but it wasn’t considered enough, and we eventually parted ways. In another similar flow I experienced, the

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