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Eightfold Software Engineer interview experience

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SeniorPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a 90-minute interview for a Senior Software Engineer role that, based on what I was told beforehand, was supposed to include both DSA and LLD.

The first part quickly turned into something narrower than expected: the interviewer stopped short of the DSA portion entirely and pushed the session to focus only on LLD. The interviewer was around mid–senior level experience.

Once I started, I was essentially working through an LLD-style problem end to end under time pressure. I managed to get the core solution moving, but the clock ran out right before I could finish writing test cases. That gap mattered, and I ended up getting rejected—despite feeling like I had the main pieces in place.

What stuck with me was how the session scope

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