Pinterest·Software Engineer

Pinterest Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Houston, TXPosted Aug 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My recruiter call came first, and then I had a technical phone screen.

After that, I joined a virtual onsite loop that ended up feeling very structured: a behavioral segment, two DS/algorithm-style interviews, and one webcoding round.

Honestly, the flow of the onsite went the way I hoped. I felt like I did really well in every section, and each interviewer followed up quickly with feedback that I’d done great. That immediate positive feedback was probably what made the later message hit harder.

When the recruiter came back, I was told the team wanted someone more technically strong. It didn’t quite match the feedback I’d just received from the interviewers,

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