IIXL Learning·Software Engineer

IXL Learning Software Engineer interview experience

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Montreal, QCPosted Oct 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Once I cleared the initial application stage, my interviews followed a fairly consistent pattern: a HackerRank test first, then a phone technical conversation, and sometimes more rounds after that.

In the phone screens, I had to introduce myself and talk through past work, then I got into compilation and running code before solving more standard data-structures-and-algorithms problems.

On at least one path, I saw two HackerRank-style steps back-to-back, including a pairing-style coding round. During one technical discussion, I felt thrown off because the interviewer seemed to challenge a runtime point I was confident about, and I later verified that I’d been correct. Even when I solved problems, the interactions didn’t always feel fully crisp.

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