Handshake Software Engineer interview experience (2025)

Handshake Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Feb 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a process that started like it would be pretty normal—recruiter contact, then a technical sequence, and later a hiring manager conversation—but the tone shifted in ways that made the whole thing feel messy.

In the early technical stage, I spent time on an assignment where I added requirements for a take-home style problem and then discussed my work afterward. The format wasn’t the issue so much as how the final conversation landed.

My hiring manager discussion felt cold and to-the-point, with none of the pleasant introductions that made the other parts feel smoother. I walked out feeling like I was performing for the sake of completing steps rather than for an actual dialogue about my work. From there, I never really got the closure I expected. I kept waiting for feedback that was supposedly

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