Splunk·Software Engineer

Splunk Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Jul 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I took part in a take-home style project, and it ended up being the hardest part of the whole journey for me.

They assigned a three-day project, and it was written in a way that felt oddly disconnected from the role I was applying for. The work was presented as if it aligned with what I’d do, but it turned into a backend-heavy effort that didn’t really match what I expected as a software engineer.

The coding itself took me several hours, and I spent time digging through constraints that weren’t trivial—especially around using an external API and how rate limits and credentials would work. Even setting up a realistic test required significant friction, and I found myself questioning what was actually

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