Nintendo of America Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

United StatesPosted Mar 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The recruiter call started out warm and helpful, with a rundown of what to expect from the hiring manager: a mix of behavioral and situational questions.

I went in thinking it would feel balanced.

The hiring manager interview turned into something else entirely. Almost the whole 30 minutes felt like they were hunting for gaps in my technical knowledge and resume, and it was much more confrontational than the recruiter had described. One of the last questions asked me to design an application on the spot with no real purpose or requirements, which really threw me off because it didn’t feel anchored to anything we’d discussed.

My read was that the interview was structured in a way that made it hard to change their mind. I didn’t get the role,

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