TThoughtWorks·Software Engineer

ThoughtWorks Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

ItalaPosted Oct 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After I passed the initial screening, I ran into two more technical interviews.

The first was a code-focused session on an existing codebase, and it was heavily centered on TDD—so it wasn’t just about writing code, it was about the testing mindset tied to how the work would be done. The second interview was more design and systems oriented, with two engineers where I talked through migration strategies and design patterns, and also got into containerization and integration topics.

The difficulty felt more “engineering reality” than puzzle-solving, and it pushed me to reason clearly about tradeoffs and execution. I didn’t get an offer, but what stood out was how detailed

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