Toast Software Engineer interview experience

I walked away knowing I hadn’t done well on the system design part, but what bothered me was the feedback I received afterwards. It sounded generic—like I was told I didn’t ask clarifying questions even though I had discussed what I wrote in my solution line by line, and I was also told my knowledge of specific technologies wasn’t deep enough even though I’d solved the core problem quickly and explained how I’d improve.

There was also a lot of behavioral content, almost as much as I’d seen at other companies with very heavy behavioral loops. The interviewing director didn’t feel pleasant to