Tencent·Software Engineer

Tencent Software Engineer interview experience

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CanadaPosted May 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through two algorithm-coding interviews that felt fairly direct and evenly weighted.

The first interview gave me three coding questions: two medium-level problems and one harder one. Besides the coding, they also asked for some project context.

The second technical interview repeated the same structure—three coding questions again, with two medium and one hard—with no extra topics beyond the algorithm work. The experience was challenging mainly because the difficulty stayed high across both interviews, not because it was unpredictable.

It ended without an offer, but the overall feel was fairly focused. I didn’t get the impression they were trying to catch me off guard; it

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