My Splunk assessment began with an on-demand HireVue-style interview. It included four behavioral questions up front, followed by a LeetCode medium coding challenge, plus one additional coding question. The technical part didn’t stop there: I also had four easy “games” that tested things like number calculations and finding similar graph patterns.
Even though the coding questions were described at an accessible level, I could feel the cognitive grind of the whole format. The questions were aimed at both technical ability and raw reasoning speed. I didn’t move forward, but what stood out most was how the assessment tried to measure more than coding—there was a definite focus on mental agility beyond just software problem-solving.
> 1 year
Average Negative Canada
I ended up in a much longer loop than I expected, spanning over a month, with lots of people and a lot of meetings that felt like they were checking both depth and how I worked under pressure. After initial recruiter conversations, I sat through multiple collaboration-style sessions that mixed pair programming and discussion. I also did a home exercise before the collaboration rounds, and the whole cadence made it feel like the company was genuinely investing time.
Most of the process felt okay, even progressing well, until one of the collaboration sessions turned genuinely uncomfortable. During a pair-style discussion with an engineer, the tone shifted into something ego-driven and unprofessional, and it was clear that another interviewer was uncomfortable too. I kept trying to stay focused on the technical thread, but the behavior threw me off more than I’m used to—so much that it stood out as the worst interview experience I’d ever had.
> 1 year
Average Positive United States
My interview experience was unusually quick and tidy. After applying, I got an email invitation fast, and the recruiting coordinator was very responsi…
> 1 year
Average Positive San Francisco, CA
I applied through LinkedIn and quickly got pulled into a hiring-manager conversation that lasted about an hour. She made a strong impression right awa…
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