Whatnot·Software Engineer

Whatnot Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Nov 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The process felt pretty standard from start to finish: after an initial recruiter touchpoint, I went through a couple of technical coding interviews and then a behavioral round.

Overall the difficulty didn’t stand out as wildly different from what I expected, just the usual mix of coding focus plus a personality/behavior check.

The part that stuck with me was what happened after the last technical round. Before they made a hiring decision, they asked me for two references. I’m used to reference checks happening after an offer, so having it pulled forward felt unusual and a little inconvenient—especially when you’re already in the middle of interviewing elsewhere and don’t want to keep chasing the same people.

Even with that hiccup, the flow of interviews themselves

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