Zapier Software Engineer interview experience

The interviewers were kind and down to earth, and the conversations felt more like actual discussion than working through a strict script. After two 30-minute chats, I was asked to complete a 4-hour skills project where I built a simple React application.

The final stage was a code/skills review with two engineers. That part felt much more rigid. The tone changed and the engineers seemed more focused on following their own question scripts than engaging in a real conversation about the problem. At several points it felt like they were hunting for specific answers, and they weren’t open to