Red Hat·Software Engineer

Red Hat Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

WaterfordPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My timeline was smooth up front, but the waiting afterward was brutal.

The first step was a recruiter phone screen that lasted about 30 minutes. Then I moved into a hiring manager and senior engineer interview that ran around 60 minutes.

For the final stage, I had a take-home technical interview described as about 90 minutes. The process itself felt positive and the whole thing went well, but there was no clear result communicated until roughly three and a half weeks after the final interview. That delay changed the experience for me more than the questions did.

I didn’t receive an offer. Looking back, what stands out is that I felt left in limbo, especially

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