ThoughtWorks Software Engineer interview experience

I went through a code pairing session that was presented as collaborative, but during the exercise it felt directive in practice. I followed the interviewer’s instructions, pointed out specific technical trade-offs as I worked, and still later received feedback claiming I had overlooked those exact trade-offs.

What made it worse was the way the process seemed to shift mid-stream. I was initially told additional interviewers would join, but then it changed to them being unavailable halfway through. On top of that, a noticeable chunk of time was spent on checking whether I had used basic git