Compass·Software Engineer

Compass Software Engineer interview experience

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Boston, MAPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My loop started with a recruiter outreach and then moved quickly into technical conversations.

One screen was mostly conversational—there was an introduction, then structured algorithm questions in a Google meeting, and I eventually got a chance to ask questions back at the end.

For the next stage, I had a straightforward technical screen with a staff engineer that felt pleasant and personable. After that, the full loop included a mix of system design interviews and coding, plus a behavioral round. Overall, it wasn’t described as brutally hard, and the process moved fast enough that I got results quickly.

I ended up being rejected because they were looking for more experience than I

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