IXL Learning Software Engineer interview experience

The next step was a HackerRank-style coding challenge with a handful of questions and a timed window. I remember drilling through the prompts, getting everything to pass, and still feeling a little stunned when the process ended without any real follow-up—just a generic rejection email a day or a week later, even when I’d finished with time to spare. One challenge had a mix of easier questions plus a final one that was noticeably harder, and another one tested multiple problems where the last part seemed to require more “elegant” thinking than the test cases rewarded.

A few days after the