Mercari·Software Engineer

Mercari Software Engineer interview experience

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JapanPosted Mar 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience didn’t feel like a smooth interview journey—it felt more like I was being kept in motion with inconsistent communication.

I went fully online, but scheduling ended up messy with reschedules and no clear, reliable updates. At one point I got quick responses for a while, and then the process abruptly turned into a dead end.

I also had a phone screen that went badly in how it was handled. The call had two interviewers who came across as unfriendly and not genuinely engaged with what I was saying, which made it feel strange that I was being brought in at all. Separately, I had situations where I was told I’d hear back within a couple of days and then didn’t—follow-ups took a long time to get any response, and

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