The Trade Desk Software Engineer interview experience

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London, EnglandPosted Jul 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I was contacted through LinkedIn by a headhunter and started with a video call where the main vibe was learning about what the company did in ad tech and how the industry evolved.

There was also time for casual conversation, not just interview-mode.

After that, I received a take-home exercise that I found genuinely fun to implement. There wasn’t a time limit, and I came from a background that made researching C# and the problem domain enjoyable. I could ask questions while I worked, and there was an assigned developer who helped clarify requirements and discuss trade-offs rather than just answering shallowly. Once I submitted, there was a code review where I talked through my approach and how to improve it.

The next phase involved multiple live interviews: two

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