Xero Software Engineer interview experience

First, I did a normal video call to get to know each other and to understand what the phases would look like. Then they sent me code to refactor and told me it shouldn’t take more than a couple of hours, but I was expected to spend longer.

In my case, I refactored and re-architected it, and I also flagged areas like testing and logging improvements that could strengthen the changes. That kind of thoroughness didn’t seem optional—what they wanted went beyond rearranging structure. I submitted my work and then waited, but I never received a proper follow-up or clear next step, even after I