GG-Research·Software Engineer

G-Research Software Engineer interview experience

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London, EnglandPosted Feb 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a HackerRank test online, then went to an on-site day that ran through three one-hour sessions with two interviewers in each.

The topics were pretty standard for a software engineering process: a programming exercise, plus questions spanning OO design and systems design. For a senior developer, nothing really felt shocking or out of left field.

What caught me off guard was how one of the sessions played out. The interaction was minimal—the interviewers basically watched me write code, nodded occasionally, and answered my questions, but I never received feedback during the run. It was an unusual dynamic, and by the end it left me unsure of whether my approach was landing as intended. When the result came back, it

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