Roku·Software Engineer

Roku Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Hard

Negative

Cambridge, EnglandPosted Aug 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

What stood out most for me was the bureaucracy and how chaotic the process felt.

I ended up in a situation where I was expecting at least five individual interviews, but many of them were constantly moved or canceled. My recruiter also seemed to disappear for stretches without notice, and I was left trying to keep track of what was happening.

For the UK role, I was also interviewed by people from the US, so even the logistics added friction. By the end, it felt less like a deliberate evaluation and more like a time-wasting exercise.

I didn’t receive an offer, and my honest reflection was that I couldn’t get past the lack of reliability and communication. The experience

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