Stubhub Software Engineer interview experience

The process started normally, but quickly I learned there was a strict rule about senior-level roles requiring 6+ years of experience. Even though I considered myself a senior engineer, I didn’t meet their years-of-experience cap for the senior SWE track.

Because of that policy, I didn’t move forward and ended up withdrawing from the process. It felt old-school to me to have such a hard constraint, especially when I already had the kind of background they were evaluating.

I didn’t get an offer, and I remember leaving the situation with the feeling that the decision was predetermined by a