GitLab·Software Engineer

GitLab Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

GermanyPosted Nov 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I waited a long time after applying—over two months—using an internal referral.

Eventually I got a live coding interview and a call with a manager, but even during that phase I was being ghosted by the recruiter. Since I had a high interest in GitLab, I kept reaching out by email every few days, and I got no response. I also tried emailing people who had interviewed me, and I didn’t hear back from them either.

By the time I was around eleven weeks into the process, I decided to drop it because I had other offers. I remember feeling genuinely bad about how the process was handled, and worrying that it reflected something broader about how the company runs.

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