Reddit·Software Engineer

Reddit Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Feb 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I ran into a pretty rough pattern where the interviews themselves didn’t just feel challenging—they felt hostile or dismissive in how they were conducted.

After a recruiter intro, I ended up in technical and system-design-related conversations where the interviewer energy was off: one round had long stretches of silence with no real interaction, just answers to my questions, and I left feeling like there was no attempt to gauge how I was thinking. I also got an unexpectedly fast rejection without meaningful follow-up or feedback.

Another time started with a recruiter scheduling a video tech screening and giving me two problems. I solved both quickly, with time to spare, and the interviewer verified correctness and seemed satisfied with my

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