Coupang·Software Engineer

Coupang Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Mountain View, CAPosted Dec 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey started with a coding challenge invitation that was straightforward, and I completed it without too much trouble.

Then I waited much longer than I expected to hear anything from a recruiter about the next step—about a month. During that gap, I ended up submitting and resubmitting availability details because communication didn’t seem to line up.

When I finally got a phone interview scheduled, the interviewer didn’t seem particularly engaged after the first part of the conversation. I also felt thrown off because I was being considered for a role that wasn’t a perfect match to what the interview was emphasizing, and the interaction felt more like a task than a dialogue. Afterward, I reached out by email

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