Nextdoor Software Engineer interview experience

After that, I ended up in a five-person panel interview where the hiring manager was involved, and it turned into a deeper technical conversation beyond just coding. I had additional coding exercises and a more thorough discussion of system and architectural design.

It wasn’t a chaotic experience—communication stayed smooth and organized, and the recruiter helped coordinate everything so the steps were clear. By the time I reached the panel, it felt like the bar was higher than just passing a couple of coding questions, because the system-level discussion mattered. I didn’t end up landing