Duolingo Software Engineer interview experience (2023)

Duolingo Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted Jul 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was a coding test where the problems were meant to be solved in a real coding environment, with the expectation that the task could resemble something you’d actually do at work day to day rather than just chasing a purely theoretical LeetCode result.

After getting through the algorithm and design fundamentals side, I reached onsite interviews and things went well enough that I received an offer. The onsite included app-focused coding, an algorithms-style question, and system design. I felt pretty positive walking out of the process, and I had that “this is aligning” feeling.

But then the timing went badly: a week before I was scheduled to start, my offer was rescinded, and that really dominated the ending of the experience. I still remember it as a terrible, demoralizing turn after what had felt like a strong pass through the technical

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Duolingo Software Engineer interview experience

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