Headway (NY) Software Engineer interview experience

It began with an initial recruiter screen, and then I moved into a sequence where after each “round” I’d get confirmation about whether I’d passed and could continue. That cadence made it feel predictable even though the bar was real.

The technical work started with coding—algorithms in practice—and then moved into design-style evaluation tied to earlier work and also a more general system design angle. I also had a behavioral component that wasn’t just sit-and-answer; it leaned more presentation-like, where I discussed my career story in sections and answered follow-ups inside that