CCoursera·Software Engineer

Coursera Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Jan 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a technical round that felt unfair from the beginning.

The manager interviewing me didn’t seem patient enough to listen to how I was thinking through the problem while I solved it. I felt like I wasn’t given a genuine chance to work through my reasoning, and the pressure of being cut off made it hard to show what I actually knew.

The interview didn’t have the supportive feel I associate with a fair evaluation. By the time the conversation ended, it wasn’t just that I didn’t get the result I wanted—it felt like the format and temperament of the interviewer prevented a proper assessment.

I didn’t receive an offer, and honestly it remains the

Create a free Dataford account to unlock the full round-by-round breakdown, the questions asked and the outcome.

Read the full report Read the full report

Preparing for this interview?

Coursera Software Engineer interview guideThe full process, round by round, with the question bank Practice Software Engineer interview questionsReal questions from this role across companies All Coursera interview guidesEvery role we cover at this company