Nextdoor·Software Engineer

Nextdoor Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

United StatesPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter reached out—first tied to a referral for me—I went through an initial phone screen, then got pulled into a longer super-day style set of technical interviews.

The first technical round was a LeetCode-style easy problem involving hashing, and the interviewer was friendly, even giving hints when I got stuck. The second technical round was significantly harder, and I struggled through a recursion problem.

What stuck with me most was the difference in tone between the two interviews: the second interviewer seemed impatient and came off as rude, which made it harder to stay focused. Eventually, I received a rejection about a week later through a different recruiter. I also had other experiences in the same recruiting arc where I spoke in detail with a

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