Dataiku Software Engineer interview experience

I only received the assignment after several earlier rounds, and once it arrived it was an eight-hour take-home task. The total effort ended up feeling out of proportion, especially since I’d already gone through multiple steps.

When the feedback came back, I learned I’d failed some requirements that weren’t clearly stated to me. Some of the criteria also didn’t make much sense with the specific tech they were using, which made the rejection feel hard to interpret. I could tell they cared about quality, but the mismatch between what I was told and what they later judged was what threw me.

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