Xero·Software Engineer

Xero Software Engineer interview experience

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New ZealandPosted Apr 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience felt like it started well and then turned into something uncomfortable.

After an initial recruiter call, I had a long, two-hour technical session with two senior engineers where I walked through my experience and then worked on a task built around a provided app. I was given new requirements to implement an additional feature, and I had to collaborate as if it were a normal day, including working with a junior engineer and a product manager.

What threw me off was that the “product manager” was actually another senior engineer observing, which felt unnecessary. I finished on time, added tests, and explained what else I would test. It seemed to go smoothly during

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