Thumbtack·Software Engineer

Thumbtack Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Jun 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience started with a recruiter call that dragged on longer than it should have.

The recruiter rescheduled it repeatedly—far more times than I expected—until I finally got on the call and it felt like the tone was already sour. He sounded checked out, made comments about being in a “Friday mood” even though it was midweek, and pushed hard on how much I should have known about the company.

When I answered with a high-level understanding, he interrupted the flow and basically criticized me for not digging into detailed research. What made it hard to stay confident was the way it came across as rude rather than just thorough. He also seemed very fixated on the exact

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