New Relic Software Engineer interview experience

But the overall experience left me disappointed because it didn’t feel aligned with real engineering work.

In the technical interview, the questions leaned heavily toward recalling specific data structure names from memory rather than evaluating problem-solving and engineering reasoning. I was clear about the properties I needed for the solution and mentioned that, in practice, I would verify exact implementation details using the Java APIs. Even with that, it was treated negatively. I also got encouraging signals during the interview itself, like “good job,” which made the later feedback