TTide·Software Engineer

Tide Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

IndiaPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied through a referral and started with a short recruiter call that lasted about 30 minutes.

We talked about my current role and why I wanted to switch, and then the recruiter lined up a code review round with two engineers.

In that code review, I was given a Python script and asked to add comments to it the way a real review would work. What stood out was how little I was getting back during the session—there wasn’t much feedback provided as I went. Afterward, I expected some follow-up on the communication side since the recruiter had mentioned feedback, but I didn’t really hear back. The whole vibe felt like they were hunting for “aha” moments rather than walking me through what

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