Twitch Systems Engineer interview experience (2018)

Twitch Systems Engineer interview experience

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San Francisco, CAPosted Feb 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for a Twitch Distributed/Software Engineer-style role where early screens leaned behavioral, then a fast-paced technical coding question determined whether I moved on, and it felt average-to-difficult.

Recruiter call — Short conversation about why Twitch and logistics, sometimes with rescheduling.
Technical phone screen — An hour-ish screen that blended behavioral questions with an algorithmic coding task, typically targeting a working solution within about 30 minutes.
Onsite — Multiple one-on-one interviews with engineers across the team; I was asked coding questions and system design topics, with others mixing in more general resume follow-ups. Outcome: I didn’t progress to a final offer, and the biggest takeaway was how much the process rewards getting to a working

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Twitch Systems Engineer interview experience

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