Duolingo·Software Engineer

Duolingo Software Engineer interview experience

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

My process started with two technical phone interviews, and then I had an onsite with a couple of whiteboard tasks plus a pair programming exercise.

The phone interviews balanced resume-style discussion with technical questions, and the difficulty felt average overall.

On the onsite, the whiteboard portion leaned more heavily into algorithms and felt fairly difficult compared to the screens, while the pair programming task was lighter. Mine ended up being in Objective-C, which I wasn’t familiar with, but I was allowed to ask questions about the language so I didn’t feel completely blocked.

I didn’t receive an offer, but the structure was consistent and I felt the evaluation was concentrated on technical problem-solving, with a small

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