Motive·Software Engineer

Motive Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I began with an online assessment that was based on an application task, followed by a recruiter conversation.

In that call, the recruiter emphasized that the teams were mainly looking for people with AI work experience.

That made the next steps feel predetermined, and I ended up being rejected shortly after—frankly, it felt like they could’ve made the decision much earlier instead of going through the motions. What bothered me wasn’t just the no, it was the sense that the process was already decided once that requirement came up.

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