Plaid Software Engineer interview experience

After that, I went into a technical interview where I met two engineers. It included two technical questions and felt like interactive peer programming, which made it more conversational and dynamic than a pure “write and submit” exercise.

What stuck with me was the lack of closure afterward. There was no clear feedback, no explicit rejection, and the recruiter ended up ghosting me. The interviews themselves didn’t feel bad, but the silence after the fact was frustrating.

By the time I realized I wasn’t going to hear back, the whole process felt unfinished. I left the experience more