Thumbtack·Software Engineer

Thumbtack Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

San Francisco, CAPosted Jul 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After I applied, I got an online assessment on HackerRank with two questions focused on string parsing.

The first one went smoothly, and the second one ended up being much more involved than I expected—I didn’t finish it, but I still advanced. A recruiter then reached out by email to schedule a technical interview.

The technical screen was about an hour, and I joined from a shared code pad. The interviewer described the problem and I coded live while talking through my approach. I could pick the language, and I had to think about my own input and test cases as I went. The time felt tight but manageable, and it ended with plenty of room to ask questions and debrief.

Once I passed, I moved into

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