Version 1·Software Engineer

Version 1 Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

Belfast, Northern IrelandPosted Oct 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying on LinkedIn, I first spoke with a recruiter for about 15 minutes, and then I had an additional interview with the hiring manager.

The recruiter conversation felt like a quick pathway into the next step, but after that there was a long pause where I didn’t hear anything.

When things moved again, the hiring manager interview felt rushed and oddly cautious, and I got the impression the position might already be filled. What stood out to me most was how little the discussion focused on actual code or engineering depth. I also felt the questions were oddly surface-level and that the interviewer might have been pulling them from the CV rather than genuinely exploring how I’d think.

Eventually, I didn’t receive an offer, and

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