Dataiku Software Engineer interview experience

The process felt very focused on the home assignment: it was pitched as roughly a 10-hour task, but the bar was framed as if I were expected to deliver something production-ready.

What surprised me most was how strict and wide-ranging the expectations were compared with the original prompt. I completed the assignment and my solution matched the spec, but it still got rejected because they wanted additional elements that weren’t clearly called out for me—things like proper logging, performance tuning, and even a richer UI. Looking back, it felt less like a pure skill check and more like an