Reddit Software Engineer interview experience

Scheduling and follow-ups dragged on, and I had moments where I wasn’t getting the details that were promised until after I kept chasing. Even when the interviews finally started, the coordination felt off.

When I got into the rounds, the experiences varied wildly. In some conversations, the interviewer seemed distracted or less engaged, which made the whole exchange feel unpleasant. I also ran into a technical interaction where the interviewer kept interrupting my thinking and rushed me toward hints that weren’t actually clarifying—so instead of helping, it made it harder to reason through