Mercor·Software Engineer

Mercor Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was a phone screen with the team, and it was a tightly structured 30-minute Q&A.

The conversation was mainly technical, centered on data structures and algorithms, and it also included code optimization questions.

What stood out was how much it stayed focused on fundamentals and reasoning rather than anything broad or speculative. I left feeling like it tested whether I could clearly think through tradeoffs and tighten up implementations under time pressure, but it also felt straightforward and manageable given the limited length.

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