I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Pinterest in Feb 2024
Interview
I'm puzzled as to why Pinterest continues to post jobs and interview candidates when many individuals who have passed the interview process have yet to receive a single match call, due to a lack of open positions in the US.
I passed my interview in March, but I haven't had a single match call, and my recruiter isn't responding to my emails. I also spoke with someone who has been waiting since December 2023.
If you are interviewing for a software engineering role, keep in mind that the position you are interviewing for may not actually exist. Even if you successfully pass their challenging interview process, the chances of receiving an offer are very slim.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were not from Leetcode. I can just say this much
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pinterest (Ciudad de Mexico) in Aug 2025
Interview
It was fast and had 3 interviews after screening one.
Basic programming, but data wrangling was harder as the person interviewing had more experience than the previous ones and it showed
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What programming software do you use?
How would you arrange some data for future extraction
Interviewer barely spoke english. I solved the problem and had a bug. I was able to fix the bug quickly by myself. Then the next day the interviewer passed on my candidacy because my “initial solution had a bug” which I fixed quickly. The most annoying part of the interview was the lack of english-speaking abilities. Dont waste your time. They’ll dock you for any frivolous thing, especially if you’re not from “their” community. Please stop having people who dont speak english interview candidates!
Recruiter round - Resume and projects mostly
Phone Screen - Leetcode based medium difficulty problem
Virtual Onsite - in total 5 rounds
Questions were mostly from leetcode. 2 coding, 2 systems design and one Hiring manager round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design splitwise using object oriented programming