Intuit·Software Engineer

Intuit Software Engineer interview experience

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Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After I cleared the phone screen and then made it through the craft-focused onsite round, the recruiter followed up with a twist: they were interested, but not in the exact lane I thought I was interviewing for.

Based on what they saw, they said they were leaning toward a backend role rather than a full-stack fit, and they had me pass my feedback to another team working on backend hiring.

What stood out was how the conversations were interpreted in terms of role alignment rather than just pass/fail. I also felt that system design and operational excellence were being considered heavily, even when my rounds didn’t feel like they included explicit system design questioning—so I spent time afterward trying to reconcile that mismatch. Still, when I did get manager and staff-engineer feedback during the

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