Western Digital Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

Kuala LumpurPosted Jan 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The first round was quick and straightforward, focusing on general web development knowledge and deployment.

Then they gave me a surprise take-home technical test, but the timing was the part that really made an impression—it only showed up a day before the next scheduled interview.

I started working immediately during a weekday morning and submitted my work at around 8pm, after my working hours. During the follow-up interview, the interviewer sounded annoyed that I hadn’t returned it faster, as if I was supposed to complete it immediately even on a working day. Some questions on the test were also vague, and when I didn’t match what they had in mind, the interviewer dismissed my answers as

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