DraftKings Software Engineer interview experience

The style felt more advanced and more architecture-heavy than what I’d seen earlier—there were questions on multi-threading and on the deeper technical aspects of systems, not just high-level descriptions.

One section focused on the architecture of a load balancer related to a project I’d worked on, and I didn’t have much direct exposure to that area. Even with my best attempts to reason through it, the expectation was that I’d already be comfortable with those details.

Overall, it was difficult and demanding, and the vibe was more “prove depth” than “help me explore your thinking.” I