Pearson·Software Engineer

Pearson Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Mar 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I met with a recruiter and set up an interview, and I immediately felt something off because no coding assessment was sent for what was positioned as a software engineering role.

Before the interview, I asked what style of questions to expect, and I got vague answers. Eventually I was told it would be a one-round scenario-based interview, but that didn’t match what I experienced.

During the interview, I wasn’t given a chance to write code or go into system design, frameworks, or tooling. Instead, I was asked a handful of behavioral questions. I’d built a lot of technical credibility on my side—leetcode activity and contributions—but the format didn’t allow me to demonstrate that in the ways I expected.

When I asked for feedback, I was told I didn’t have passion for

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