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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      2 Aug 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Dublin, Dublin
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pinterest (Dublin, Dublin) in Jun 2022

      Interview

      The process was very disrespectful of the candidate's time and multiple interviewers didn't come prepared/didn't show up on time or at all. The interview consisted of: - recruiter phone screening (non technical) - coding interview on coderpad, on par with leetcode medium - 4 interviews as part of an interview panel, can't disclose details due to NDA A few of the issues: * both interviewers in #1 and #2 had less than proficient English and had trouble understanding me when I was asking clarifying questions. This never happened with any other interviewer at Pinterest or any other company. 1. One of the interviewers was about to start a coding interview until I stated that this was supposed to be a different type of interview. They were really surprised and confused by this and proceeded to (what seemed like) come up with a random problem and ask confused questions throughout the whole interview, as if they had no plan in mind. 2. Another interviewer didn’t show up on the scheduled time. After reaching out to the recruiter I was told there were technical issues with their laptop (sure, this happens). The interview was rescheduled and that time the interviewer did show up but never even acknowledged the fact they didn’t show up on the initial date, which makes me assume they just forgot/didn’t wake up initially. After brief introductions I was presented with a question with such a large scope that I would never think asking during an interview that is shorter than 1.5hr, mind you at that point I had 30 mins left. I interviewed many people during my career so I have a gauge on what scope is expected for a question. To be clear, I was told they expect me to fully solve the problem, a partial solution was not what they were aiming for. 3. During the whole process the recruiter was mostly responsive, except for the moment when they were told I have other contracts and would appreciate their decision as soon as possible after the interviews conclude. (I didn't request to speed up the process in any way) After that request they said they will do their best to give me an update asap, but when I reached out a few days after the process concluded I received an OOO message saying they’ll be back next week. When they got back to work I had to reach out again to get the rejection. After this whole ordeal I asked for more detailed constructive feedback, after all, I did put in more than 5 hours interviewing with them. What I got was non-answers or no response at all. At which point I just gave up.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      screening question: The Celebrity Problem
      Answer question
      2
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      Pinterest response
      3y
      Thank you so much for interviewing at Pinterest, and for sharing this review. We appreciate you sharing your interview experience at Pinterest. We will be sure to address this feedback as our goal is to provide the best candidate experience. If you have anything else to add, please reach out at gd@pinterest.com. Pinterest Recruiting

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