Scale·Software Engineer

Scale Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Mar 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied online, and the whole thing moved on a surprisingly short timeline—about three weeks end to end.

The recruiter stage was quickly followed by an interview setup that came through a phone call that felt more like a conversation with a kid than a formal hiring step.

I ended up scheduling time with the hiring manager, and the vibe was genuinely odd: the hiring manager felt like two people stacked into one, dressed up for the role. The process overall didn’t feel very professional to me, and it came across like everything was happening on “amateur” rails rather than a structured evaluation.

At the end, I didn’t get an offer. The biggest reflection I left with was how strongly the process

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