GitHub·Software Engineer

GitHub Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Jun 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for a Software Engineer role at GitHub and went through an online-first flow: recruiting screen, then a more involved coding challenge delivered via repo work.

Recruiter phone screen (30 minutes) — I discussed my cover letter and interests in the role in a general get-to-know-you conversation.
Manager screen (30 minutes) — I covered a mix of behavioral and theoretical technical topics.
Team zoom interviews — I joined two video calls where I worked through short technical exercises.
Hands-on coding challenge via pull request — I pulled a repo, made changes, and opened a pull request as the main coding challenge; it took a few hours and required exploring and researching. Outcome: I didn’t receive an offer; the process felt

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