Rover.com Software Engineer interview experience

I did the challenge carefully and made sure I met every stated spec. After all that work, I got a message that they were no longer interested—no extra explanation, no follow-up.

What bothered me was the lack of professionalism in how it was communicated. It felt like they used the challenge to extract effort and then couldn’t even provide a human response once they decided to stop. Even though I was relieved not to waste more time, the overall process still left me with a negative impression and a strong feeling that they didn’t handle candidate communication respectfully.

The outcome was a