United Airlines Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

Chicago, ILPosted May 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The process felt great until it reached the technical interview, and that pivot was what made it difficult.

The role was described as hands-on backend work, but during the technical portion the questions veered toward high-level infrastructure in AWS and theoretical knowledge that didn’t feel like it matched what I was told would actually be used.

A lot of the questions felt like “gotcha” prompts rather than an exploration of my experience, and it left me with the impression the interviewer was looking for reasons to reject instead of reasons to hire. It also felt like they hadn’t reviewed my resume closely. By the end, the whole segment felt like a waste of time rather than a meaningful technical

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