Whatnot Software Engineer interview experience

I only knew in general terms that it would cover both, but I wasn’t given much else to prepare for.

The hiring manager joined about ten minutes late and immediately started asking detailed questions about what I was doing in my current role. Since my team worked on a similar kind of system, the conversation quickly turned into a deep technical discussion about our architecture and specific scenarios—almost like a consulting session instead of a traditional interview. The meeting ran nearly fifty minutes even though it was scheduled for thirty.

The next day I got a rejection email. I never