LendingClub·Software Engineer

LendingClub Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Negative

United StatesPosted Sep 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

A recruiter reached out to me and I agreed to move forward because I was interested in what engineering looked like inside a financial company.

The first red flag came fast: I was scheduled for a phone screen with a director, and the interview lasted only about ten minutes.

During that short call, I was asked questions that felt far more suited to a DBA role than to the engineering background I had in my resume. I told him directly that I wouldn’t be able to answer because the topics weren’t relevant to my skills and experience, and instead of adjusting, the call still played out like a mismatch was expected.

It left me feeling like my time was wasted. I didn’t receive an offer, and the entire experience reinforced that the

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