Fractal·Software Engineer

Fractal Software Engineer interview experience

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New York, NYPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter touchpoint, I got pulled into two technical rounds that felt fairly focused on fundamentals.

The first round started with general conversation around OOP concepts and REST API, then moved into a coding problem where I had to work through the solution on the spot. It had a practical, hands-on feel—less about obscure trivia and more about whether I could reason clearly and code without getting stuck.

The second round shifted toward implementation and structure. I was asked to do an LLD-style round, and it leaned into designing around APIs. After going through the thinking and tradeoffs, the overall impression I had was that the bar was “average” but still deliberate: they wanted clean

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