Seatgeek·Software Engineer

Seatgeek Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

United StatesPosted Jul 2013 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a phone interview, and it went sideways almost immediately.

Within a couple of minutes the interviewer told me I wasn’t what he was looking for, which honestly caught me off guard given that I was already in advanced stages of other interviews for the same role.

He asked about my background and, when I said I didn’t have much direct experience, he leaned on examples like having actively done things—almost like starting your own small websites for personal or family projects—to show initiative. I had spent time on a master’s program in scientific computing, and it felt like that track didn’t register with what he wanted. When I pushed back and asked

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