Epsilon Software Engineer interview experience

There were two parts: a coding exercise and a system design task.

Both felt easy enough that I finished within 15 minutes—actually faster than expected—and the interviewers confirmed my solutions were correct. Because the appointment was only 45 minutes, they kept circling back to the same kinds of questions just to fill time.

What made the experience sour was the outcome: even with correct answers, I was rejected because they said they needed someone more senior. It felt less like a real senior-level evaluation and more like a box-checking exercise. After it ended, my honest takeaway was