Zapier·Software Engineer

Zapier Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

Orlando, FLPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first call started normally: recruiter screen, then a hiring manager chat.

After that, they sent a take-home assignment that I worked hard on, and I also explored a separate fork with more advanced ideas. The review session with a few engineers went well, and the energy felt genuinely positive—there was even an encouragement to reach out with follow-ups, which made me believe I was moving forward.

Then the timeline stretched. After the good review, everything went quiet for weeks. When I reached out for an update, the explanation didn’t match the feedback I’d been getting during the process, and it was vague enough that it changed how I interpreted what I thought

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