Eightfold Software Engineer interview experience

The overall vibe was that the interviewers running the session were mostly relatively junior (around three to four years), and it showed in how they engaged with my code. They seemed to struggle to meaningfully evaluate code quality or my reasoning as I worked through the problem.

The session itself was still hands-on coding, but instead of a deep technical back-and-forth, a lot of the interaction felt surface-level. I was watching them try to judge what I was doing, and it didn’t feel like they had a strong grasp of what would constitute solid implementation and thought process.

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