The Trade Desk Software Engineer interview experience

It began with an in-person interview where we discussed the culture, the role, and benefits. I didn’t feel like the conversation focused much on my specific work history, and I was only asked a handful of questions about my experience.

Then I got a take-home programming problem where they explicitly emphasized not rushing and making something I’d be proud of. I spent a little under a week building it with tests and thorough documentation, and then I went through multiple rounds of email exchanges with the code reviewer. Those questions focused on algorithm efficiency and how to decouple