Tencent·Software Engineer

Tencent Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

South KoreaPosted Mar 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview started with the basics: computer networking plus fundamentals across Java, databases, and operating systems.

The interviewer then moved straight into an algorithm problem and gave me about half an hour to work on it.

In total, it felt like roughly an hour, which made the whole thing feel compressed. The technical portions were clearly meant to test whether the foundations were solid, and the algorithm segment was the single main block where I had to focus and produce a solution under time pressure.

It was difficult for me, and I didn’t get an offer. The biggest takeaway was how quickly the conversation turned from theory topics into problem-solving, leaving little room to recover once I felt

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