Thumbtack·Software Engineer

Thumbtack Software Engineer interview experience

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San Francisco, CAPosted May 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a pretty rigorous but well-run pipeline.

After an online assessment that took a few hours, I had two phone rounds where I coded on HackerRank while an engineer was on the line. The coding felt hands-on and real, and I appreciated that I could use my own computer instead of being forced into whiteboard-style problem solving.

Once I passed those rounds, I flew to their HQ for an onsite interview with four rounds. It was a full day of interviews with four different interviewers plus a lunch interview. The day mixed technical rounds where I coded on a laptop, a design-focused session done via whiteboarding, and a more casual

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