Dataminr Software Engineer interview experience

I went through initial screening and then hit technical rounds where the bar was noticeably high. The coding questions leaned toward LeetCode-style mediums, and I spent a lot of time thinking through edge cases and implementation details rather than trying to brute-force an answer.

What stood out most was that the technical interview went beyond just coding. I had a system-design component that was aligned to the team I would be hired for, and the design discussion was led by the hiring manager, which made the whole section feel less like a checkbox and more like an evaluation of how I