Smartsheet·Software Engineer

Smartsheet Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

Edinburgh, ScotlandPosted Aug 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview started with a short recruiter meet-and-greet from headquarters.

It was basically a quick conversation to answer questions before meeting the hiring manager. After that, I went into the hiring manager interview, and it ended up being a pretty rough and weird experience.

The recruiter had sent my interviewer’s LinkedIn profile in advance, and the profile’s self-description included something that came off as unprofessional and oddly specific. In the actual interview, the hiring manager seemed biased and fixated on certain buzzwords—especially around DevOps—treating a role like it wasn’t legitimate work. The tone felt cringe and dismissive, and when I tried

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