IIntercom·Software Engineer

Intercom Software Engineer interview experience

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Hard

Positive

Dublin, DublinPosted Mar 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process felt long and high-touch from the start: an at-home coding test, then a phone screen with a senior developer, and then a full day of multiple on-site interviews that included a coding challenge.

It was smooth and I stayed in the loop the whole time, with the added detail that even after the decision they scheduled a call to go over feedback for each interview.

I remember the on-site day being especially intense, because there were several separate conversations and at least one whiteboarding-style problem where I got tripped up. I passed most of the interviews, but I was ultimately rejected because I spent too long going down the wrong path in the whiteboard portion—even though I later found an efficient solution. The pressure wasn’t about any one question being impossible; it was

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