Zipline Software Engineer interview experience

I felt good after passing that assignment stage, and then I was invited to an intensive onsite at the South San Francisco office.

Onsite ended up being the heavy part: seven distinct rounds covering a mix of technical and behavioral topics. The structure made it clear they were evaluating breadth and depth, not just one skill. It was definitely more demanding than a typical loop, and by the time I got through the onsite rounds, I had spent a lot of mental energy getting through all the variations of questions. Even so, I didn’t get an offer, so I ended the process with a sense of how