Twitch·Software Engineer

Twitch Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted Jun 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for Software Engineer at Twitch with an early coding-gated flow—some stages felt straightforward, but pressure and time constraints made it feel difficult overall.

Coding challenge (HackerRank/Codility) — via email — I received an email coding challenge, then discussed it with a recruiter to set up virtual onsite rounds.
Coding gate (Codility) — I also saw a path where the coding challenge was described as straightforward but judged very strictly; missing perfection meant an immediate hard stop.
Onsite coding time pressure — In one onsite experience, I spent most of my time trying to reach an optimal approach and ended up with too little time to code.
Video/virtual coding round on Google Doc — Another interview involved a short

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