DraftKings·Software Engineer

DraftKings Software Engineer interview experience

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Boston, MAPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interviews followed a pretty lean pattern.

I started with an OA on HackerRank with a few basic data structures and algorithms questions. Then I moved into a practical technical interview where I live-coded with one of their engineers.

The HackerRank experience was the main constant, and the live session was framed as something straightforward to find online: I was implementing solutions and talking through my approach as the engineer watched. In one place, the interviewer was nice and didn’t make me run through every test case; instead they asked me to explain what the tests were checking and to walk through dry runs. In another

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