GitHub·Backend Engineer

GitHub Backend Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted Oct 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for a Software Engineer role at GitHub and found the evaluation fair but difficult emotionally, with long live coding rounds and no algorithm focus.

Initial code challenge (gate) — I completed an easy initial challenge that acted as a screening step.
Three live coding challenges (judge, not pair) — I went through several 1.5-hour live coding sessions where the interviewer acted as a judge and might help if I got stuck, but it wasn’t pair programming.
Expectations and tone setting — My recruiter set the stage ahead of time and told me to relax and have water.
Decision without feedback — I was told I passed all challenges, but I didn’t get an offer and received no specific feedback. Outcome: No offer; I was told

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