Justworks·Software Engineer

Justworks Software Engineer interview experience

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New York, NYPosted Apr 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I walked into the process expecting teamwork and collaboration, but the format felt more like speed-and-correctness checking than a real conversation about problem-solving.

The onsite code challenge was especially stark to me: it didn’t really leave room to work together; it mainly measured whether my solution was correct quickly. It also created this uncomfortable pressure because the interview felt strict and tightly timed, in a way that made it feel like failing would be the worst-case scenario.

On top of that, I noticed that when I tried to explain the approach I was taking, the interviewer didn’t seem to follow what I was saying—specifically around data structures like trie. That disconnect made the entire technical part feel less like assessment and more

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