Thumbtack·Software Engineer

Thumbtack Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

United StatesPosted Jan 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied online and the process moved through the usual steps: a coding challenge, then a phone interview, followed by a long onsite that lasted about four or five hours.

The onsite itself felt straightforward, and I didn’t feel blindsided by the structure of the rounds.

After the onsite, though, the timing dragged out. It took roughly three weeks for them to respond, and it turned out to be during the holiday season, so I understood there were scheduling constraints. Still, what hurt wasn’t the delay—it was the way the rejection arrived. They emailed to schedule a call, and when I joined, it turned into a rejection.

I expected the outcome, but the ambiguous “we want to talk” framing made the whole thing linger emotionally longer than it needed to. They did

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