The Trade Desk Software Engineer interview experience

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SydneyPosted Apr 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey started with a recruiter screen with HR, and they actually followed up throughout the whole process.

That alone made things feel smoother than I expected. After that, I was given a take-home assessment that was heavy on OOP and focused on a very specific data structure, and it lasted about four hours.

Next I had a call with two senior developers that ran about two hours. They asked about design and improvements, but what surprised me in a good way was that they provided hints on problem areas ahead of time, which gave me a better chance to prepare for what mattered. I felt the interview was genuinely hard and time-consuming, and even with the hints, I still felt the bar.

I was rejected

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