Flexport·Software Engineer

Flexport Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted May 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a pretty rough start with a phone technical interview that felt more like a waste of time than a real evaluation.

The interviewer gave me an ambiguous problem and I tried to do the normal thing—ask clarifying questions to make sure I was solving the right thing—but the conversation never got constructive. He didn’t really engage, and it felt like he lost his own thread during the interview instead of guiding me toward a clean problem-solving flow.

What made it especially frustrating was the overall vibe: I couldn’t get any real clarity on what was expected, and he wasn’t giving thoughtful feedback or moving the discussion forward. I finished feeling like I’d spent my time on something that didn’t

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