Reddit·Software Engineer

Reddit Software Engineer interview experience

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CanadaPosted Aug 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a recruiter conversation that was very grounded in what the role was like—expectations, culture, compensation range, and timeline—and it moved quickly.

The recruiter also gave me a clear sense of what each round would look like, and the structure was reflected directly in the onsite invite.

About a week later I had a technical coding screen via an online editor. The question was framed in a Reddit context and landed in the medium-ish neighborhood. Then the onsite ran as four one-hour blocks, split across two days so it wasn’t just a nonstop grind. The onsite included two coding-focused rounds that felt more like actual problem-solving than classic LeetCode, plus one system design round and a hiring manager interview.

Throughout, the

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