Pinterest Software Engineer interview experience

The interviewer joined about five minutes late and didn’t do any introductions, which made the session feel abrupt from the start. They immediately pasted the coding question and stayed silent while I coded.

There wasn’t much back-and-forth—no questions from them while I worked, and no real check-ins during the problem-solving. When time ran out, they cut the wrap-up short and said they didn’t have time to take my questions, then ended the session.

The problem was difficult, but the delivery was what made it especially frustrating: the lack of communication and the rushed ending left me