Coursera Software Engineer interview experience (2022)

Coursera Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted Jun 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started like it was going to be straightforward: I submitted an application, got in touch with a recruiter, and then received a coding challenge to complete on my own over the weekend.

There wasn’t much beyond exchanging basic details early on—no heavy behavioral discussion at first—just the logistics and then the take-home work.

The take-home itself was the hardest part, because it took real effort to implement the required pieces end to end. After I submitted, the timeline went quiet. I never got the follow-up I expected, and when I tried to reconnect, it felt like the communication broke down completely. The emotional part of it wasn’t the technical challenge—it was the silence after I finished and submitted. I also ran into situations where the recruiter didn’t respond

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Coursera Software Engineer interview experience

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