Clipboard Software Engineer interview experience

The initial technical round that followed focused on something concrete from the code—how I found a bug, how I fixed it, and what else I would improve. The conversation felt practical, like they were trying to understand my debugging and reasoning.

But after that, the follow-on stage left me confused. I received a rejection that didn’t really match the signal from the work I had already done; the feedback about role fit and context didn’t line up with what I believed they’d invited me to interview for. It didn’t help that I hadn’t had much meaningful guidance throughout the earlier steps,