Discord·Software Engineer

Discord Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Denver, COPosted Mar 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through Discord’s early-to-mid funnel where the technical bar often centers on building a small chat/server style MVP, and feedback timing felt inconsistent over a few weeks.

Recruiter screen — a phone/Google Meet chat about my background and interest in the role.
Hiring manager screen — a behavioral-oriented call to discuss experience and alignment.
Technical screen — a remote coding challenge focused on implementing a chat client/server (sockets, multi-client messaging), sometimes with environment/setup constraints.
Onsite — when it progressed, I joined a longer day of multiple rounds including coding and architecture/design-style conversations, or additional technical exercises.
Outcome — I didn’t move forward, though I often found

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