Grafana Labs·Software Engineer

Grafana Labs Software Engineer interview experience

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Valencia, Valencian CommunityPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter touchpoint, I ended up doing a casual conversation with the hiring manager to align on the role and my background.

I remember that part being pretty friendly, and the hiring manager also asked questions that felt grounded in my experience rather than rehearsed prompts. Not long after that, I had a live coding test with two engineers I would have worked with, framed around a couple of likely future scenarios.

The coding portion felt straightforward at first, but it quickly became clear I wasn’t going to pass. I focused on getting to a working solution and explaining my reasoning, yet the feedback never really landed in my favor, and the overall tone shifted toward closure. Even though the interviews

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