Whatnot Software Engineer interview experience

I recorded responses to six short questions with a strict one-minute limit per answer, and I had to keep my camera and microphone on the whole time. The questions leaned into what motivated me, how I think through problems, and whether I seemed like a fit for the role.

After I finished the recording, I waited, and that was when the process started to feel a little impersonal. There wasn’t a real conversation to calibrate expectations; it was just a fixed format and then silence. Eventually I was rejected, and the whole experience left me feeling like the platform didn’t really capture how