Walt Disney Company Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After talking with a recruiter by phone, I had a focused 45-minute technical call with the hiring manager.

The format felt pretty direct: they asked me a graph problem that started with a BFS-style approach, and then we shifted into discussion mode around my background.

We also talked through projects tied to data streaming—examples included Kafka—so the question wasn’t just about solving something on paper. They pulled in design patterns as part of the conversation, and it felt like they were checking whether I could connect fundamental algorithms to the kinds of systems I’d actually built.

The interview difficulty was high, but it wasn’t chaotic—more like concentrated. I didn’t end up getting

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