Foursquare·Software Engineer

Foursquare Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

San Francisco, CAPosted Mar 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a more straightforward run compared to the heavier take-home experiences.

After an initial recruiter chat, I moved into a couple of technical interviews, mostly conversational and guided rather than purely adversarial. The questions leaned toward fundamentals and practical problem-solving—topics like string manipulation in one case, and core concepts like algorithms and data structures in others.

Depending on the stage, the format either stayed on the phone for technical rounds or shifted into a single onsite. When I did get onsite, it was centered on whiteboard coding with an emphasis on standard algorithmic patterns, and I also had time to break for lunch and

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