Tessian·Software Engineer

Tessian Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

South AfricaPosted Oct 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview ended up being simpler in format but tougher in content than I expected.

It was essentially a single question focused on core computer science principles. The question wasn’t easy, and while it wasn’t impossible, I didn’t manage to finish within the time limit.

Even with that miss, the overall experience felt okay—structured and straightforward, and the interview itself didn’t feel disorganized.

I didn’t receive an offer, and my reflection was that the difficulty wasn’t the issue as much as the time pressure around a single high-stakes problem.

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