Eightfold·Software Engineer

Eightfold Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Jan 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a surprisingly positive first impression—at least with the co-founder.

After that, though, the rest of the interview journey felt like it turned into a time sink. I’d been contacted by the CTO through LinkedIn for a frontend-focused React role. I clarified that I hadn’t used React in a while and that my background was strictly frontend, emphasizing it clearly.

The CTO said it was fine and that they were looking for a frontend engineer to own certain components and features. That alignment led to a take-home project with an expected turnaround of about 24 hours. After I finished it, I went through onsite interviews where I ended up speaking with the team, since

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