DigitalOcean·Software Engineer

DigitalOcean Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Aug 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied for a remote role in the US and the process started fast, but the experience was really rough.

The recruiter call didn’t feel like a real introduction to the role at all—it mostly revolved around compensation expectations, and the recruiter made it clear they would proceed only if my range matched what the hiring team wanted. After that, they scheduled technical rounds quickly, and I completed multiple standard interviews with the hiring manager and team.

At the end, I was told I’d cleared everything and they were ready to extend an offer. Then I got complete silence for two weeks. When the recruiter finally resurfaced, no numbers were shared and instead I was asked again for my

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