Compass Software Engineer interview experience

It was all phone-based at first, and the recruiter experience itself was genuinely pleasant—nice communication, clear overview, and a sense they were trying to be helpful.

What really stuck with me was the overall load and the lack of accountability in how interviews were handled. I ended up with two hour-long phone screens and then a roughly five-hour onsite. The length didn’t just feel excessive; it made the whole thing feel like they didn’t respect my time. I also ran into interviewer behavior that felt arrogant and unstructured—one interviewer even said something like they shouldn’t be