HelloFresh Software Engineer interview experience

They gave me a codebase and asked me to add code and complete requirements. I reviewed what I had and ended up adding tests—someone had said they weren’t strictly mandatory, just desirable.

A week and a bit later, I received an email stating that while they saw potential, the level of technical skill I demonstrated wouldn’t set me up for success in the role they needed filled right now. What bothered me most was the longer pattern around it: I noticed they reposted the job even with a large number of applicants. My takeaway was that the process felt like repeated auditions more than a