Duolingo·Software Engineer

Duolingo Software Engineer interview experience

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Pittsburgh, PAPosted Nov 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I was given a Duolingo-specific HackerRank, and after I submitted it, I had an hour-long technical phone interview that was genuinely fun.

The interviewer was incredibly friendly and left me excited about the company and what came next. After that, though, I didn’t hear back for weeks, until I informed them I had other final interviews coming up, at which point they scheduled a final interview that didn’t match the energy of the earlier rounds. The questions about company culture and work environment felt like they were met with rehearsed, shallow answers. After the final, they ghosted me even though they said they’d get back within a week due to competing offers. I wasn’t too upset about not getting it, but the experience at

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