Fetch·Backend Engineer

Fetch Backend Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

United StatesPosted Mar 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After an easy online application, I received a take-home assignment that asked me to implement a backend API.

It came with a recruiter email that stood out to me because it felt human, not like an automated message chain. I worked through the take-home, which was described in a way that made it feel more like a hands-on backend task than a vague screen.

I didn’t move past that stage, but what really stayed with me was the feedback I received on why I was rejected. It wasn’t just a generic close-out—there was enough substance to make the rejection feel constructive. Honestly, that level of feedback was rare, and even though I didn’t get an offer, I appreciated how clear and respectful the process

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