IIntercom·Software Engineer

Intercom Software Engineer interview experience

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Dublin, DublinPosted Nov 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with email-based questions—mostly coding tasks—that I solved on my own time before any live conversation.

The problems weren’t portrayed as impossible, but they did require solid algorithmic knowledge, and I didn’t perform well enough to move forward. In one of the coding exercises, they also evaluated whether I provided unit test coverage, and the feedback I received made it clear they cared about testing and edge cases.

After the initial email stage, the process moved to an interview over Skype where I answered behavioral questions and talked through my thought process as I worked on additional coding exercises online. One of the coding rounds focused on data/algorithm challenges, and I could

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