KAYAK·Software Engineer

KAYAK Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Jul 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Right after applying, I ended up in a workflow that felt mostly take-home driven, with little-to-no interaction around it.

In one experience, a recruiter sent a task and I had clarifying questions, but I never received responses by email. After I completed the assignment, I got ghosted again, and later I found out the recruiter had left the company—so I was left without any real follow-up. It made the whole thing feel disrespectful of my time.

In another instance, I received a task and completed it quickly, expecting at least a rejection or some acknowledgement. Instead, I waited and waited with no feedback—just silence. The same pattern showed up even when the take-home was framed as straightforward. I wasn’t

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