Square·Software Engineer

Square Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

San Francisco, CAPosted May 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview started with some resume screening that took a few attempts before I even got a recruiter call.

That initial recruiter chat was brief and mainly walked through the process and the idea of pair programming. After that, I went straight into a virtual pairing screen that felt straightforward and not overly strict.

If I passed, the plan moved quickly into a virtual on-site. I ended up with two pair programming interviews in the morning, then a system design interview with a very specific theme. They told me ahead of time it was going to be around a hotel reservation system, and I felt fairly ready because of that. That part went well overall, including a moment where the interviewer seemed

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