thoughtspot·Software Engineer

thoughtspot Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

RomaniaPosted Feb 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I got dropped into a speed-coding scenario that immediately revolved around the Prometheus API.

The interview felt like they expected me to already know a fairly niche API without much context, and I was upfront that I hadn’t worked with Prometheus in years, so I’d need to look things up.

Even after explaining that, the interview continued with the expectation that I produce a solution using that API. At some point, the interviewer actually left the video call, which made the whole thing feel abruptly disconnected rather than like a normal back-and-forth evaluation.

I didn’t get an offer, and the biggest impression I took away was how mismatched the setup felt—heavy on an obscure

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