Liftoff Software Engineer interview experience

The onsite consisted of two one-hour interviews, followed by a four-hour coding project. Everything was conducted online, which made the environment feel less stressful and more familiar.

The questions were mostly LeetCode-style mediums, and I actually enjoyed the mix. The coding questions and the longer project both felt fun in a way I wasn’t expecting—they weren’t just grind-it-out problems. Throughout the day, the recruiters were very responsive, which kept the logistics from becoming a distraction.

By the end, I felt like I’d performed decently on the core technical work, and the