Tencent·Software Engineer

Tencent Software Engineer interview experience

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CanadaPosted Apr 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied online for a Software Engineer role and the process moved through two code interview rounds followed by an HR interview.

The coding part felt fairly straightforward, but the questions quickly turned into a lot of fundamentals around systems and networking, so it wasn’t just about implementing functions—it was also about knowing the “why” behind common behaviors.

The HR conversation was a much more comfortable contrast. It felt friendly and conversational rather than interrogative, and it also made the practical side of the role clear, including that the work location was in China and I’d need to speak Mandarin.

Overall it landed as a balanced experience: technically more basics-heavy than I expected, but with

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