Motive·Software Engineer

Motive Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Oct 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I got pulled into the process after reaching out via LinkedIn, and it started with a quick phone screening with the recruiter for about fifteen minutes.

Then I moved into an online coding session that lasted around an hour.

The coding part involved building something like “Goat Latin,” and I remember getting a lot of follow-up questions around edge cases, especially how capital letters were handled. The vibe was tense because it felt like the interviewer had a specific checklist of expectations and wanted the full set of follow-ups completed within the time window.

After the session, I received a rejection email with no useful feedback. Looking back, the technical question itself wasn’t too hard, but the overall mood of the interview made

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