IIXL Learning·Software Engineer

IXL Learning Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Negative

San Mateo, CAPosted Apr 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After the early screening steps, I got pulled into a technical interview that felt less like a two-way discussion and more like a one-person presentation.

I was assigned a LeetCode medium-level problem and asked to solve it while the interviewer seemed disengaged and didn’t really ask for clarification or guide me through my thinking.

A similar pattern showed up in the way the interaction went when I needed momentum. I felt interrupted and treated as if I was making obvious mistakes, including getting hints that didn’t actually help. There were also moments where the process felt disrespectful—late timing and a lack of basic consideration—so even when the technical topics were OOD-flavored and coding-heavy, I was distracted by the

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