Zeta·Software Engineer

Zeta Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

IndiaPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through an initial phone screening first, and then the next step was a machine coding round for frontend development.

The format was very direct: I was expected to produce the exact solution structure rather than collaborate through hints or peer-style guidance.

What made it feel especially rough was the interviewer. They seemed extremely inexperienced, and the whole session felt like they weren’t fully present—there were moments where I kept checking whether anyone was available, but I didn’t really get a proper reply. There weren’t supportive hints, and I wasn’t given much room to iterate.

The round didn’t go well and the experience left me frustrated, because the lack of communication turned what

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