Thumbtack Software Engineer interview experience

The prompt felt fair, and the interviewer was patient, which helped me keep my thinking organized even when I had to walk through tradeoffs out loud. What made the round stand out was that I received really thoughtful feedback on how I approached the problem.

Overall, the process felt lower pressure than some pipelines I’d been through—just enough structure to see how I reasoned, without turning it into a trap. I didn’t receive an offer, but the experience was positive, mainly because the communication felt respectful and the evaluation criteria seemed consistent with a real engineering