Plaid·Backend Engineer

Plaid Backend Engineer interview experience

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San Francisco, CAPosted Feb 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a screening call where we talked generally about my experience, and it lasted about an hour.

After that, I had two personal interviews with engineers from the team, and each one included live coding plus discussion, roughly an hour each. The focus was practical rather than theoretical, and the conversations felt grounded in how real engineering work is done.

Then came a home assignment challenge that they pitched as mid-level, followed by a final personal chat with members that included a manager, leadership, and even the CEO and CTO. The process felt like it was intentionally oriented around both cultural fit and practical skills, and I could tell it was structured that way. I

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