Scale·Software Engineer

Scale Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

United StatesPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview process was fairly drawn out and, even when it started okay, the end of it left a sour feeling.

I first went through a recruiting call and then a technical screen after some prep from the recruiter. The later part was the most exhausting: the final round was a loop with a lot of interviews, and my experience varied depending on the interviewer—some seemed distracted or disorganized, which made the whole day feel longer than it needed to.

One part that really threw me off was the technical screen format. I joined a call and was given questions with extremely long descriptions in a very short time window. The impression I got was that the screen wasn’t as interested in my thought process

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