ServiceNow·Software Engineer

ServiceNow Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Santa Clara, CAPosted May 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied online via an employee referral for a few entry-level software roles, and the process kicked off with a recruiter email that set up a 45-minute HackerRank.

The frustrating part was how vague it was—the message didn’t specify the exact role or the team. It also left me with only about a week to prepare, and when I tried to follow up with questions beforehand, I never got a response.

The interview itself was technical, but the interviewer was at least helpful at moments, offering hints and kind of leading me when I got stuck. Still, I felt like I was doing a lot of my prep work in isolation because I couldn’t clarify what they actually wanted. After the HackerRank, I didn’t hear anything back. I followed up after a couple of weeks and then again

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