NIO Software Engineer interview experience

That part felt normal, but the rest of the screen had real pressure: I then got asked three algorithm questions in a LeetCode format. I hadn’t prepared for that at the time, so I fumbled more than I expected and ended up failing. The questions themselves weren’t presented gently, and the whole thing felt like I was being tested on readiness, not just background.

Later in a similar loop, I saw how much the role could skew toward basics and resume-grounded reasoning. In that kind of round, interviews were described as professional and not overly harsh—interviewers would guide rather than try