Duolingo Software Engineer interview experience

My first block of time included a few behavioral questions, and then the rest of the interview turned almost entirely into coding. It was tough and very coding-heavy, and even though the interviewer did notice my progress and provide help at points, I still felt pushed to keep up with the pace.

Later, I experienced a similarly hard Karat outsourced interview run where the interviewer support was minimal. The format started with several runtime/logic error-style checks—easy enough in isolation but stressful when you’re trying to keep correctness under pressure—then shifted to a medium-to-hard