Odoo Software Engineer interview experience

The prompt was an HTML parsing task where I had to ensure tags were correctly opened and closed, basically building a parser to validate structure.

Later, I had another coding session that felt similar in spirit but more focused on live execution: it was time-boxed and run on a shared platform where I solved algorithmic problems with direct coding in front of the interviewer. It emphasized both problem solving and communication, and the whole thing felt like the interview format itself mattered as much as the technical solution.

I didn’t end up with an offer, but the experience stayed