DigitalOcean Software Engineer interview experience

Over about four weeks, I went through six interviews that included a recruiter screener, a culture fit conversation with a manager, a technical assessment, an architecting-style discussion, and two separate coding interviews. The volume alone made it feel demanding, but the difficulty matched the expectations of the role.

The format stayed structured: multiple coding sessions meant I had to keep my problem-solving consistent under time pressure, and the non-coding rounds tested whether I could reason through architecture and broader technical topics. I also had an HR touchpoint and manager