Rocket Software Engineer interview experience

Most of the questions were the usual prompts—where I saw myself in ten years, and a walkthrough of some side projects I’d been working on. Nothing about it felt especially technical or tricky during the call.

About a week later, I got an email saying I didn’t meet their qualifications. It was an easygoing conversation, so the follow-up landed a little abruptly, but I took it as a sign they’d already filtered for specific requirements before deciding to close the loop.