DraftKings·Software Engineer

DraftKings Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

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United StatesPosted Dec 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a tougher sequence that started with an online assessment I found genuinely hard.

It wasn’t just “try your best”—I had to score perfectly to advance. That pressure set the tone for the rest of the process.

Next I had a video call that focused on design and an object-oriented approach, and then I went into back-to-back interviews that both felt like system design again. It wasn’t just naming components; I had to talk through how I’d structure the design and why. After the technical design portion, I also had a call with a manager that leaned into team dynamics, so I had to switch from architecture thinking to how I’d work with others.

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