Plaid·Software Engineer

Plaid Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

New York, NYPosted May 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through two back-to-back one-hour interviews.

There wasn’t really a getting-to-know-you step—each session started with a quick introduction of myself, then it moved directly into the technical question to solve. The structure felt efficient, but it also made the whole thing feel a bit cold right from the start.

What affected me most was the composition of the interviewers. There were no women interviewers in the loop, and that made the rejection harder to shake off. After the interviews, I received a rejection email with no real explanation beyond a thanks for your time.

At the end of the process, I felt like I was just getting an

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