Gemini Software Engineer interview experience (2020)

Gemini Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Portland, ORPosted Dec 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a fairly structured sequence: first an HR call that was mostly informational about what to expect, then a team lead call that covered more technical expectations along with my background and some high-level technical discussion.

After that came a take-home project focused on building a coin-mixer style application. I was given a simple API endpoint related to trading, and the rest was very open-ended, which made it feel like the burden was on me to guess how to optimize for what they wanted.

I was given about a week to complete it, and I did the work. Eventually there was supposed to be a final on-site step with behavioral questions and pair programming, but I didn’t get there. What hurt most was the lack of communication after submission: they didn’t review the take-home, and after they told me to take my time,

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