Notion Labs Software Engineer interview experience

It began with an HR conversation, then moved into a coding challenge where there was extra observation—someone from the company watched as I worked, and it created a slightly tense feeling because we both seemed to have different interpretations of what “the right way” to handle the product should look like.

After that, the process included an online assessment with multiple questions under a tight time cap. The assessment had a mix of easy, medium, and hard items, and I could choose the order to tackle them. I remember feeling the clock throughout, especially because the hard portion pulled