Glean (CA)·Software Engineer

Glean (CA) Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

United StatesPosted Jan 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a fairly classic structure—one screening round, then a hiring manager round, and then three onsite interviews back-to-back.

The screening and manager stages were manageable, but the onsite part is what made the experience feel outrageous.

The coding segment included a two-hour assessment, and it felt insanely long for the way engineers are usually evaluated. It also felt like the interview was really expecting you to churn out a huge amount of code within that time window. One of the technical interviews went into an advanced concept and the interviewer insisted something couldn’t be proven through a specific method, even though I countered with a proof. The last technical question in that same stretch was a

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