Course Hero·Software Engineer

Course Hero Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Positive

Charlotte, NCPosted Mar 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process had two clear rounds, and they both leaned heavily on algorithms and problem-solving.

First, I did a HackerRank coding round focused on algorithms, including questions that required thinking about time complexity in whatever language I used. After that, I moved on to a technical Skype interview with a software engineering manager.

That second round involved coding in multiple languages—Python, JavaScript, and PHP—and the questions were again about algorithms and data structures. I remember how much of the conversation centered on working through the reasoning behind the solution rather than just producing code. Overall it felt like an average level of difficulty: not trivial,

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