Mercor·Software Engineer

Mercor Software Engineer interview experience

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São Paulo, São PauloPosted Mar 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience with the AI interview wasn’t just awkward—it felt like it wasn’t built around letting me finish.

The AI didn’t wait for my answer to complete and would immediately move on to the next question, so I lost control of the pacing.

I ended up leaving the interview before it even wrapped up, because it felt like a complete waste of time rather than an evaluation. It was frustrating in a very immediate way: I couldn’t land an answer properly before the next prompt took over.

Separately, I also had an scheduling problem where I was emailed to join an AI call and when it was time, I kept waiting but couldn’t get the interview to start. I waited for about 15 minutes and then left since I

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