Tencent Software Engineer interview experience

The interviewer asked questions based on the core work of the team and my background, and I spent most of the time answering what they brought up while they listened and sometimes took notes for later.

After the main thread of questions, the conversation shifted slightly into deeper follow-ups driven by what I’d said earlier. I ended up discussing my previous roles and projects in a bit more detail, including what I’d done and why it mattered. Once that part finished, I was given room to ask questions of my own about the position and anything I wanted to understand better.

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