Chegg·Software Engineer

Chegg Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Louisville, KYPosted Jan 2013 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

A recruiter reached out to me about a software engineering opening and I sent in my resume.

The interview was scheduled for the next week, and the process moved quickly. I ended up meeting with both an HR person and a technical person. It felt friendly and the conversation went smoothly, but after it was over I still had a strong sense I wasn’t quite as experienced as they were aiming for.

Right after that, they brought me in for a one-on-one with the technical manager. Everyone I spoke with was courteous, and there weren’t any surprises in terms of format. Ultimately they didn’t make an offer, and the reason they gave tied directly back to experience level—exactly what I’d been

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