Xero·Software Engineer

Xero Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

Auckland, AucklandPosted Aug 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process had a pretty clear cadence and leaned into collaboration.

I started with a chat with an internal recruiter that focused on my values, my experience, and what I wanted to do next. Then I moved into a coding challenge on HackerRank. It wasn’t framed as impossibly hard, but it also wasn’t “easy mode,” and it made me focus on being methodical. The test experience felt comfortable because the engineer overseeing it set a reassuring tone.

After coding, I had a cross-functional collaboration discussion with someone from a non-engineering team. That round centered on how I work day to day, the challenges I’d faced, and how I handled conflict and

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