Tripadvisor·Software Engineer

Tripadvisor Software Engineer interview experience

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PortugalPosted Oct 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a recruiter interview in English where we mostly talked through my recent work—technologies, responsibilities, and the story of what I’d been doing.

The second round was with a software engineer, and it started with a string exercise in the language I was most comfortable with.

Even though the problem itself sounded fairly straightforward, the session didn’t feel smooth. The interviewer didn’t talk much and the tone wasn’t especially friendly. I also wasn’t allowed to run my code, so I had to work through the logic by stepping through the code myself while the engineer followed along. I ran out of time and didn’t finish, even though I felt it was supposed to be an easier task.

I left without an offer, and the main thing that stuck with

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