Motional·Software Engineer

Motional Software Engineer interview experience

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Boston, MAPosted Jan 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied through the website and heard back pretty quickly.

A phone screen followed, but it barely lasted about ten minutes, and then I was moved straight into a live coding challenge on CoderPad.

The coding session was the part that sank it for me. I ended up messing up during the problem, and after that I was rejected. What stood out was the interviewer’s vibe: he felt very closed off and not much collaboration was happening. It also came across like he was prioritizing his time over the conversation with me, which made the whole experience feel unnecessarily tense.

Overall it was a fast process, but the outcome was a clear no, and the frustration

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