Foursquare Software Engineer interview experience

It felt pretty standard: a hands-on coding task with space to think, and a focus on role-relevant skills rather than anything contrived. I remember it being fairly smooth overall, and afterward the process moved forward with additional conversations rather than getting stuck on logistics.

From there, the next steps were presented as a sequence of technical and discussion rounds. I had a system design discussion, then a technical interview with an engineering manager, and later I met additional team members. Some of the rounds were discussion-based with optional whiteboarding, but the coding