Otter.ai Software Engineer interview experience

The setup was straightforward: I joined a live session and worked through a LeetCode medium-style question. It wasn’t totally brutal, but I wasn’t able to reach the optimal solution by the end.

The interviewers themselves were friendly and easy to talk to, and I could keep the conversation moving while I was coding. That helped keep the round from feeling purely mechanical. Still, when the time hit the limit, my approach didn’t quite get to the best-case answer they were looking for.

I ended up rejected, and while the experience felt respectful and approachable, the lack of optimality was