Duolingo·Software Engineer

Duolingo Software Engineer interview experience

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Pittsburgh, PAPosted Apr 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I ended up with a process that felt casual and fast, especially around communication.

After applying, I had a recruiter reach out quickly and keep things moving. The initial stage was a short technical screening in an online editor or a simple HackerRank-style challenge—usually focused on implementing an algorithm while talking through my thinking.

After the screening, I moved into an onsite that was mostly technical and structured around coding on a whiteboard plus at least one pair programming session. Across the onsite, the problems were framed as fairly standard—average difficulty with nothing wildly unexpected—but the interviews still expected clean solutions rather than

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