Intercom Software Engineer interview experience

I went into an interview where the technical question started straightforward but then kept expanding—extending the solution, talking through time and space complexity, adding another extension, and then optimizing and revisiting the approach near the end. I answered the questions and talked through improvements, even when the final push felt rushed.

After the interview, though, it turned into silence. I waited for updates, followed up multiple times, and eventually only received a standard rejection message after a long delay. That same theme showed up in other interactions with their