Pinterest·Software Engineer

Pinterest Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Ciudad de MexicoPosted Jul 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I made it through the first two interviews, and the experience swung a lot between them.

The first one with HR went well, and it felt organized and straightforward. The second interview was a totally different story—it was run by someone who seemed unprepared, incompetent, and extremely disorganized.

They never clearly explained the interview process or how long each section would take. When I reached the technical exercise, I only had about 25 minutes to work through it, and the interviewer also didn’t seem to understand what was being asked, which made the whole thing feel chaotic rather than evaluative.

By the end, I didn’t move forward. What I took away was how much the

Create a free Dataford account to unlock the full round-by-round breakdown, the questions asked and the outcome.

Read the full report Read the full report

Preparing for this interview?

Pinterest Software Engineer interview guideThe full process, round by round, with the question bank Practice Software Engineer interview questionsReal questions from this role across companies All Pinterest interview guidesEvery role we cover at this company