Upstart Software Engineer interview experience

The recruiter was genuinely informed about the company and kept things personable.

After that, I did a remote onsite that lasted around five hours. The format included algorithm questions, system design, and a project-based prompt, plus personality questions. Nothing felt surprising or tricky in an unfair way—the interviews stayed pretty straightforward. Every interviewer I met was extremely pleasant and didn’t give off the sense that they were interviewing as a chore; they were engaged and had clearly prepared.

The next step was a call with the VP of engineering to talk through the role