Niantic·Software Engineer

Niantic Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Dec 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process began with a direct technical phone interview where I could choose my preferred language, and the focus was mainly on solving two short programming problems.

The overall tone felt practical—still technical, but not trying to trip me up on trivia. After that, things moved into the onsite-style portion of the process, and I had to keep a steady pace across multiple interviews.

At the in-person stage, I experienced a mix of coding and more analytical questions. One round had me writing solutions on a whiteboard, and another used a teleconferencing setup with shared coding (Corderpad-style), so I coded while being able to see the interviewer. Because there were only a limited number of rounds, each interview carried a lot of weight. I remember the

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