MMozilla·Software Engineer

Mozilla Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

Mountain View, CAPosted Nov 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After I applied on Mozilla’s website, I got a message out of the blue from an engineer.

It included a little coding test, and the task itself felt easy enough to me—almost too simple for a senior-level candidate. The twist was that there was a tricky part hidden inside the problem that required some real puzzle-solving.

I submitted shortly after and then didn’t hear anything back. I followed up by emailing the engineer who contacted me with a note to catch up, but I didn’t receive a reply. The application status in the online tool stayed stuck at “In Process,” but my expectation was that I wouldn’t get a real response.

I ultimately didn’t get an offer, and what stuck with me

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