Rippling Software Engineer interview experience

I solved both, and I finished in about an hour, so I felt good about the technical start. The next stage shifted to a machine coding and a linked-in-style design round.

That second round was where I was rejected. Even though I had felt strong on the DSA portion, the outcome made me reflect on fit and execution across the broader set of tasks. What I kept hearing from other developers afterward was that the environment tends to be high-pressure and that layoffs were a frequent concern, which made the whole experience feel more intense than I expected.