FFive9·Software Engineer

Five9 Software Engineer interview experience

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Porto, OportoPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a recruiter call, and right after that I had a more technical conversation.

In the technical screen, I was asked about creating an encryption password algorithm, but the whole thing was hard to follow because the audio was bad and the format felt messy.

The recruiter experience also left a sour taste. The person I spoke with was late to the call even though I joined early, and within minutes they were already questioning whether my salary would fit without really knowing my details. After that, the tone shifted into something like they’d decided I wasn’t a match before digging deeper—questions about whether I was applying elsewhere, plus comments implying I was

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