Project44 Software Engineer interview experience

I met directly with the CEO for about 30 minutes first, and the opening question was simple on the surface: reverse an array without using Python, with O(n) performance. After that, I was set up for an in-office interview.

Once I arrived, I wasn’t actually interviewed by the CEO again. Instead, I met two people who seemed new to me, and the coding questions shifted sharply in difficulty. The first coding task was straightforward, but the second was a nightmare—especially because the problem wasn’t communicated cleanly and I was explicitly told not to make assumptions. I struggled because the