Sage Software Engineer interview experience

I was asked to record myself answering prompted questions—sometimes with a short total duration and a few specific questions to respond to, often with a brief preparation window before recording.

One video experience felt especially impersonal: talking to a camera instead of having an actual conversation made it harder to ask anything back or interact naturally. Even when the questions were straightforward, the one-way format left me feeling a bit uncomfortable and it became a clear red flag for how two-way the process would be.

Across the video stages, the format was consistent: I had