Quest Global Software Engineer interview experience

I was asked to think about using a material with “insane properties” such as uranium, mercury, or gallium, and how I’d handle that kind of setup. The conversation also pushed toward practical constraints, like sticking with ferrous metals for stick welding if the situation required it.

That round felt different from typical software screens, and the overall difficulty was marked as average. I mostly needed to show I could reason through unusual constraints rather than just recite textbook answers. I didn’t receive an offer, and the experience mostly stood out because of how offbeat and