SAS Software Engineer interview experience

First came an HR screening, then a one-on-one cultural interview. After that, I was invited to a long final round panel with nine different people.

The panel round was mostly STAR-style questions, and once that part wrapped up I had to do a small coding challenge with no IDE help. I completed the challenge, then the rest of the time was spent talking with the team—so it wasn’t just an assessment, it turned into a deeper conversation.

I felt like it went well, but later I learned I must have said something that didn’t land because the panel got very quiet afterward. I was rejected a couple