Impact·Software Engineer

Impact Software Engineer interview experience

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Columbus, OHPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through an in-person loop where the interview questions were mostly basic Java and OOP.

There wasn’t any LeetCode-style coding, and the pace felt very approachable compared to the tougher coding-centric processes I’d seen elsewhere. I felt like I understood what they were checking and I answered in a way that matched what they were looking for.

I passed the early rounds, but the final stage didn’t go my way. The last round was a code review rather than another behavioral conversation or another LeetCode problem. By the time I reached that review, I could feel the focus shifting from “can you answer basic questions” to “can you evaluate and critique code effectively.”

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