Unity·Software Engineer

Unity Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Hard

Negative

Helsinki, Southern FinlandPosted May 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The first thing that stood out was that the interview process felt poorly organized.

It also came across as very US-style, including requests that didn’t match my expectations—like providing references from a current employer where I still worked.

At the same time, the compensation discussion leaned heavily toward equity, with a smaller base salary and a larger share component. I declined the offer. Later, looking back, the equity performance ended up validating the risk in that balance because the Unity shares dropped significantly over the following months.

While I didn’t end up joining, the biggest lasting impression from the process was how unusual and difficult the

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