Hulu·Software Engineer

Hulu Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

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Los Angeles, CAPosted Feb 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After I talked to a recruiter, I got pushed into a coding step and then had a phone interview a little after.

The recruiter and scheduling felt smooth, and I stayed in a good mood the whole time. The technical parts leaned on fundamentals: algorithm and data-structure thinking, and the real emphasis was being able to optimize while still meeting the constraints.

In the coding stage, I had an eight-hour task where the goal felt closer to testing practical programming under time pressure than something purely theoretical. I was able to pick a start time within a couple of weeks, but once I clicked the link the countdown started immediately, and the task itself was honestly tiring even though it was

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