Verizon·Software Engineer

Verizon Software Engineer interview experience

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New York, NYPosted Jul 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview experience felt unusual because it followed a very predefined script that seemed to come from external QA-style sources, and it also had an AI layer inserted into the questions.

I didn’t get the sense I could explore creatively with my answers. Instead, the expectation was to match the exact responses the script was looking for.

Because the structure was so rigid, the difficulty came less from hard technical material and more from staying aligned with what they wanted to hear. When I deviated even slightly in how I phrased things, it felt like it would be counted against me.

I ended up getting an offer, but only after navigating that scripted format successfully. Looking back, the weirdest part was realizing the evaluation wasn’t just about understanding—it was

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