Neustar·Software Engineer

Neustar Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

BengaluruPosted Jan 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The part that stood out to me most was how technical rounds could swing from straightforward to awkward.

I had a technical conversation where I was asked to parse nested JSON and then answer a follow-up React question about whether something was correctly defined. When I asked about what a functional component meant—because I mostly worked through functional components and had limited context otherwise—the interaction turned uncomfortable. It felt like the interviewer wasn’t strong in React either, and the discussion escalated into a debate over class versus functional approaches, ending with a rejection.

A separate later experience also left a sour taste for me: after an initial Hackerrank

Create a free Dataford account to unlock the full round-by-round breakdown, the questions asked and the outcome.

Read the full report Read the full report

Preparing for this interview?

Neustar Software Engineer interview guideThe full process, round by round, with the question bank Practice Software Engineer interview questionsReal questions from this role across companies All Neustar interview guidesEvery role we cover at this company