The College Board Software Engineer interview experience

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South San Francisco, CAPosted Dec 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a first-day technical round, my process continued on the next day with more technical and HR-style conversations, and then they added another technical discussion round after that.

The format made it feel like they wanted a sustained view of how I think rather than a single snapshot. Overall, the experience came across as smooth and a bit project-oriented—less about isolated trivia and more about how I approached work over time.

Across the interviews, I was asked about my past experience and what I’d done before, and the interviewer I spoke with felt calm, cooperative, and knowledgeable. The questions leaned into my background and how I’d operate on real work, which matched the “project-based, long-term” feel I sensed from the process.

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