UKG·Software Engineer

UKG Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

Lowell, MAPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied through a UKG recruiter and the process started with an online assessment that had two coding questions and one SQL problem.

After that, I had a recruiter screening where they emphasized an extremely high bar for the level of engineers they bring in.

What didn’t match my expectations was the compensation. The salary they mentioned felt extremely low to me—so low that it didn’t seem aligned with the way they were talking about their hiring standards. After the screening, I followed up and didn’t get responses, and eventually I was ghosted.

About a month later I received an automated rejection email. Overall it was disappointing: the timeline felt drawn out, the recruiter’s messaging was overly inflated, and the

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