Tencent·Backend Engineer

Tencent Backend Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Neutral

Shanghai, ShanghaiPosted Jan 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I was contacted online and then brought in for an on-site interview.

The process began with a self introduction, and then the project leader asked questions about my past work and the projects I’d done.

After that, the technical questions shifted into Node.js along with system design and database topics. The flow felt like they were trying to connect my experience to how I’d reason about larger architecture choices, not just isolated coding.

Overall it was difficult, and it tested both breadth and how I approached design-style thinking. I didn’t end up with an offer, and the hardest part for me was keeping my answers tight when they blended hands-on

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